 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.  The Rover - Page 207edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | John Fanning Watson - New York (N.Y.) - 1830 - 902 pages
...his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot : The stump of a pipe he held fast in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He spoke not a word, but... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on bis chin was white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke,...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke,...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 336 pages
...his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot ; The stump of a pipe he held fast in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowl-ful of jelly. He spoke not a word, but... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - Pennsylvania - 1833 - 350 pages
...his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot ; The stump of a pipe he held fast in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowl-ful of jelly. He spoke not a word, but... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke...his head like a wreath, He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American literature - 1837 - 278 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke,...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke,...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke,...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook, when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of jelly, He was chubby and plump... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump oi* a pipe he held tight in bis teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; That shook, when he laugh'd, like... | |
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