...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...

...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...