...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 placed for ornament and use ; The twelve good rules ; the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except...

...that article of furniture mentioned by Oliver Goldsmith, in " The Deserted Village," was made — "A double debt to pay, — A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day." This was carried out to a particular extent at the house of one kind friend. We were invited to dinner,...

...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 placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; 6 The hearth, except...

...Tenth Series.] OLIVER GOLDSMITH'S ' DESERTED VILLAGE.' — Few lines are better known than the couplet, The chest contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of dfftwen by day. It may be suggestive of an origin, and is certainly worth noting as a coincidence,...

...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. " Captain Hogan, I have heard, found great difficulty in obtaining ' the twelve good rules,' but at...

...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 ; 5 The hearth, except when winter chilled the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers and fennel gay ;...

...parlor splendors 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 contriv'da...pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules.f the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs,...

...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, placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose ; The hearth, except when...

...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 contriv'da double debt to pay, A bed by uight, a chest- of drawers by day ; The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, The twelve good rules,...

...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 placed for ornament or use, " The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.' 1 Solitary and deserted...