 And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes...  The Rover - Page 207edited by - 1844Full view - About this book
 | 1886 - 590 pages
...then, in a twinkling, I heard on the rool The prancing and pawing of each little hoofAs I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes— how they twinkled I his dimples how merry... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. 470 MISCELLANEOUS. He was dressed all In fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...in a twinkling, I heard on the roof ТЬг prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry !... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1888 - 344 pages
...then in a twinkling I heard on the roof, The prancing and pawing of each little hoof, As I drew in my head and was turning around, | Down the chimney St....A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack. His eyes how they twinkled I his dimples how merry ! His... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 564 pages
...in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of ?ach little hoof— As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry!... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1889 - 358 pages
...then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled ! his dimples, how merry !... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1883 - 236 pages
...then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof; As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack; His eyes how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry —... | |
 | Recitations - 1889 - 254 pages
...then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof, The prancing and pawing of each tiny hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St....all tarnished with ashes and soot ; A bundle of toys was flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - English language - 1889 - 172 pages
...this stanza, then describe, in your own words, the picture you have in your mind of "Old Santa Claus." He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - English language - 1889 - 168 pages
...this stanza, then describe, in your own words, the picture you have in your mind of "Old Santa Claus." He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,...his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.... | |
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