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" Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed 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... "
Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works - Page 8
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 127 pages
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...that festive place ; The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest, contrived a double debt...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and feanel gay ; While broken teacups, wisely kept...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 pages
...stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The white-wanh'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the...boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay; While broken tea cups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glisten'd in a row. '.'}. Vain transitory...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by...boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay — While broken tea-caps, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glisten'd in a row. Vain transitory splendours...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with illustr. by J. Absolon [and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white- wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by...boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay — While broken tea-caps, wisely kept for show, Banged o'er the chimney, glisten'd in a row. Vain transitory splendours...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 pages
...Within every thing is arranged according to the letter : ' The whitewash'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the...use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.' " Captain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining ' the twelve good rules,' but at...
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Works, Volume 11

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...arranged according to the letter : ' The whitewash'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish' d clock that click'd behind the door: The chest, contrived...use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.' " Captain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining ' the twelve good rules,' but at...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...to the letter : ' The whitewash'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click' d behind the door : The chest, contrived a double debt...use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.' " Captain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining ' the twelve good rules,' but at...
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A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...arranged according to the letter : ' The wblte-wash'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The rarnish'd clock that click'd Behind the door ; The chest, contrived...and use. The twelve good rules, the royal game of goote.' " Cuptain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining 'the twelve good rules,'...
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The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspir'd, Where grey-beard mirth, and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound,...by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placM for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose; The hearth, except when...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life and Notes, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. f< Imagination fondly stoops to trace The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The...., The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose , f^-.The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspin boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay...
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