...be said it was like the chest of drawers in "The Deserted Village:" " The chest contrived a doable debt to pay — A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." There, too, I had an opportunity of noting the spread of education amongst the lower orders. Every...

...Leonards-on-Sea. THE TWELVE GOOD RULES. — Goldsmith in his ' Deserted Village ' says : — The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. Also, in his ' Description of an Author's Bedchamber,' occurs : — The royal game of goose was there...

...there. And this was a sine qua non of an American house ! Then the fold-up bedstead ! !— " Contrived a double debt to pay— A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ! " Could anyone seriously contend that that would be a desirable thing in London ? It was the hotel...

...property. In his poem The Deserted Village published in 1770 Oliver Goldsmith wrote: The pictures place'd for ornament and use, The Twelve good rules, the Royal Game of Goose. The games of pure amusement were soon followed by a host of others based on the same principles and designed...

...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when...

...drugs, aromática, and perfumes; an apothecary. Prov. aûvffti oûlO, ^ xji^i îjiil A box contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. ». (+S. ci% a profession /?•. to be. ] The business of a grocer. 2. A little knowledge of everything;...

...the nicely sanded floor,22 The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose;23 The hearth, except when...

...chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use. The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; 23 The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day. With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay,...

...double debt to pay': Oliver Goldsmith (?173O-74>, The Deserted Village', 229-30: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, / A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.' 139. a parte ante and a parte post: 'Beforehand and afterwards'. 140. her arms . . . like Hebe's: Aurora...

...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when...