John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4311 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
| 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. |
| Note 1. A cap by night, a stocking all the day—Oliver Goldsmith: A Description of an Author’s Bed-Chamber. [back] |