 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 sivua
...ale went round, [magination fondly stoops to trace Die parlour splendours of that festive place: Fhe white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; Phe chest, contrived a double debt to pay— A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 sivua
...their ale went round. 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 by day ; The pictures... | |
 | George Croly - 1828 - 430 sivua
...their ale went round. 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 by day; The pictures,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 sivua
...ale went round. Imagination fonrliy stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chi st, contrived a cloub'e debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest oí drawers by day ; The pictures... | |
 | George Croly - 1831 - 436 sivua
...their ale went round. 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 by day; The pictures,... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1837 - 130 sivua
...with Goldsmith— " 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 by day. The pictures... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 534 sivua
...round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; (2) The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures... | |
 | William Howitt - 1838 - 860 sivua
...legislative measure within the last century. In these low, dirty, fuddling places, you may look in vain for The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. In manufacturing towns, and agricultural districts, they alike multiply the temptations to the poor... | |
 | 1842 - 608 sivua
...and Redgrave has given an excellent delineation of " The parlour splendours 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." No. 26. A beautifully... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 772 sivua
...their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place ; ; The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures... | |
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the expression of an idea, convey, by their sound, some resemblance to the subject which they express, as in the following lines: The "whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. * Of a similar character,... 
