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...night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules/3' the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers and fennel gay, (1) [Goldsmith is here supposed have drawn the portrait of his...

...round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of 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 to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for...

...apartment is occupied as a work-room ; it has also a press bedstead, like that described by Goldsmith, " Contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." This is occupied by Miss Harris, and a little servant girl, who is kept to carry the child about, and...

...parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish 'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contriv'da...hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers and fennel gay; While broken teacups, wisely kept for show, Rang'd o'er the chimney,...

...parlour splendours of that festive place ; The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish 'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contriv'da...hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers and fennel gay ; While broken teacups, wisely kept for show, Rang'd o'er the chimney,...

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...chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal...hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers and fennel gay : While broken teacups, wisely kept for show, Ranged o'er the chimney,...

...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by 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...