 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
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth, and smiling toil retired, DESCRIPTION OF ATTBURN. 31 Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound,...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... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...festive place ; The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, D 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 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 fennel gay ; While broken teacups, wisely kept... | |
 | Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 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 fennel gay; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Margaret T. Downing - 1867 - 394 pages
...splendors of that place; The white washed wall, the sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt...royal game of goose, The hearth, except when winter chilled the clay, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken teacups, wisely kept... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 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 goose ; The... | |
 | Joseph Parker - 1868 - 510 pages
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor; The varnished clock that rlicked behind the door; THE LEDMANS AGAIN. 375 The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, Witb nspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay ; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Joseph Parker - 1868 - 562 pages
...wall, the nicely-sanded floor; The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; THE LEDMANS AGAIN. 375 The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by...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 - 1869 - 1502 pages
...that festive place : The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked . He R chilled the day, With aspen boughs and flowers and fennel gay ; While broken tea-cups, wisely kept... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 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... | |
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