...part of his lifting desk, and, letting down the front of a piece of furniture which was " Contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day," made as much noise as he could during the operation. He then, without undressing himself, put out his...

...The white-wash'd wall , the nicely sanded floor , The varnisli'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 tea-cups , wisely kept for show, Rang'd o'er the chimney, glisten'd...

...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 wheo winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs and floweri and fennel g«y, While broken tea-cups,...

...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...

...wall, the nicely-sanded floor, The varnished clock that ticked 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...

...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." No. 26. A beautifully sketched Quay Scene, by Creswick. No. 31. Redgrave has excelled himself in lightness...

...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...

...glide, While China's Earth receives the smoking Tyde. (Pope, The Rapt of the Lock in, lines 1o9-1o) The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day, With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay, While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for shew, Rang'd o'er the chimney, glistened...

...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...