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 8by Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
| Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...circumstance, and who, apparently judging of poetry by quantity ' 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... | |
| Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...that festive place ; The whitewashed 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 fennel gay ; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 pages
...The varnish'd clock) that click'd behind the door ; | The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, 230 A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures...| With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel, gay ;) 235 While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney, glisten'd in a row. |... | |
| 1862 - 210 pages
...dresser-shelves : — "The whitewashed 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 whitethorn boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay ; While broken teacups, wisely... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 pages
...stops to trace The parlor splendors of that festive place ; The whitewash'd wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the...twelve good rules,* the royal game of goose ; The hearth,1 except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay ; While... | |
| William Howitt - 1863 - 726 pages
...festive place ; The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked bchind the door : The chest contrived a double debt to pay,...royal game of goose : The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay. While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...Within, everything 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 length... | |
| 1865 - 1136 pages
...Captain Hogan also restored the village alehouse — " Where once the sign-post canght the passing eye. " Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound,...use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose." Captain Hogan, we have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining " the twelve good rules," but at... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...that festive place ; The whitewashed 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 fennel gay ; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1865 - 80 pages
...looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace 225 The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The...to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; • 230 The pictures placed for ornament and use ; •' The twelve good rules, the royal game of... | |
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