 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...little round belly, That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him,...twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing (o dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laugh'd when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And lil I'd all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And 1 laughed when I saw him in spite of myself. A wink...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread ; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all his stockings : then turned with... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American literature - 1837 - 278 pages
...little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf ; And I laughed when I saw him,...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laugh'd when 1 saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And fill'd all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - Bibliography - 1837 - 522 pages
...little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him! in spite of myself. — p. 219. These lines have lately been illustrated by Weir's painting of St. Nicholas, where we have... | |
 | Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...round belly, Which shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump — a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him,...head, Soon gave me to know, I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him,...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him,...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laugh'd, when I saw, him, in spite of myself. A wink of his...head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And fill'd all the stockings ; then turn'd with... | |
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He was chubby and plump — a right jolly old elf : And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. 
