 to trace The parlor splendors of that festive place ; The whitewashed 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,...  Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets - Sida 337efter William Howitt - 1847Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1800 - 322 sidor
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 sidor
...wall, the nicely sanded floor,. The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The Twelve good Rules, the royal Game of Goose; The hearth, except when... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 sidor
...that festive place; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contrived a double debt...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 winter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 sidor
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door: The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose 5 The hearth, except when... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 462 sidor
...to this censure. " The whi.te-wa.sKd wall, the nicely-sanded floor. The varnish'd clack that click'd behind the door ) The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers Ly day. Thepictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules ; the royal game of goose; The... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1807 - 352 sidor
...and its furniture consisting of a ' Varnish M clock that tick'd behind the door, A clirst, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.' Munro stood too much in need of a fire to have any hesitation in requesting that the ornaments of the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 sidor
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 sidor
...wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that elick'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when... | |
 | 1809 - 488 sidor
...wall, the nicely sanded floor. The varnisb'd clock that click'd behind the door: The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The Twelve Good Rules, the Royal Game of Goose; The hearth, except when... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 sidor
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest, contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when... | |
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