...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.' " Captain Hogan, I have...

...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.' " Captain Hogan, I have...

...there. And this was a sine qua non of an American house ! Then the fold-up bedstead ! !— " Contrived a double debt to pay— A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ! " Could anyone seriously contend that that would be a desirable thing in London ? It was the hotel...

...property. In his poem The Deserted Village published in 1770 Oliver Goldsmith wrote: The pictures place'd for ornament and use, The Twelve good rules, the Royal Game of Goose. The games of pure amusement were soon followed by a host of others based on the same principles and designed...

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...the nicely sanded floor,22 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;23 The hearth, except when...

...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; 23 The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day. With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay,...

...double debt to pay': Oliver Goldsmith (?173O-74>, The Deserted Village', 229-30: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, / A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.' 139. a parte ante and a parte post: 'Beforehand and afterwards'. 140. her arms . . . like Hebe's: Aurora...

...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...