 Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round....  The Popular Educator - Page 6841855Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village ^statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news muchVlder than their ale went round. **•" Imagination fondly...trace The parlour splendours of that festive place j The white-wash'd wall; the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door... | |
 | Women - 1825 - 386 pages
...SKETCHES. TAKEN I illi.M LIFE. " Imagination fondly stoops, to tntce The parlour splendours of tliut festive place ; The white-washed wall, the nicely...floor, • • The varnished clock that clicked behind tlie door ; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by duy : •,.,..... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...graybeard mirth, and smiling toil, retir'd : Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops, to trace The parlour splendors of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall ; the nicely sanded floor ; The varnish'd clock... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...gray-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks protbundj And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination...The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The white-wash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnisli'd clock that click'd behind the door : The... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...beard mirth, and smiling toil retir'd ; Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news, much older than their ale, went round. Imagination...fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festivs place ; The wbitewash'd wall ; the nicely sanded floor; The varnish'd clock, that cfick'd behind... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...of the affections. The following description of a country inn is from Goldsmith's Deserted Village. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place; The white washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that ticked behind' the door, The chest,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...talked л\тНп looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fonrliy ophic researches at Laputa — all possessed novelty...mere unlearned reader, who was alternately agitated chi st, contrived a cloub'e debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest oí drawers by day ; The pictures... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir*d, Where village statesmen talk'4 with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination...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 cheat,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination...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... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...greybeard mirth, and smiling toil retir'd, Where village-statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round ; Imagination...The parlour splendours of that festive place ; The pictures plac*d, for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.— Goldmlth.... | |
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