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The Church of England quarterly review - Page 373
1837
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 360 pages
...; The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish 'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by...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, glisten'd...
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Poems and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door ; The chest contriv'da 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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 550 pages
...chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed . Crissy, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. "Captain Hogan, I have heard, fuund great difficulty !n obtaining 'the twelve good rules,' but at length...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

1840 - 368 pages
...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...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, glisten'd...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...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 ana us*, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2

1840 - 378 pages
...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...
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Rose and Crown lane: or, A sketch of my neighbourhood

Rose and crown lane - 1840 - 152 pages
...occupied as a work-room ; it has also a press bedstead, like that described by Goldsmith, " Contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." This is occupied by Miss Harris, and a little E servant girl, who is kept to carry the child about,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...The white- washed wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnish' d clock that click' d behind the door: The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by...royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill' d the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept...
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Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...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 pictares placed for ornament and ose, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goon. ' Captain Hogan,...
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