 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
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 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 it encircled his head like a wreath. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 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 it encircled his head like a wreath. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink... | |
 | Recitations - 1884 - 780 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a how, 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 laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump,... | |
 | Recitations - 1885 - 180 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, He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old eif, And I laughed when I saw him, in... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump oí a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it...his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump —... | |
 | 1886 - 590 pages
...like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; The stump of a pipe he held tight la. 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 bowlfull of jelly." * This is the children's... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 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 bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump —... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 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,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 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 it encircled his head like a wreath; jrpWAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house He had a broad face and a little round... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1889 - 358 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 laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump... | |
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