| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4311 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| QUOTATION: | The whitewash’d wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish’d clock that click’d behind the door; The chest, contriv’d a double debt to pay,— A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Deserted Village. Line 227. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. A cap by night, a stocking all the day—Oliver Goldsmith: A Description of an Author’s Bed-Chamber. [back] |
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