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. Elson Grammar School Readers - Página 89por William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Marion Harland - 1867 - 100 páginas
...had repeating that, after we went to bed that night. 'His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. He had a broad face and a little round — ' " " You children will be the death of me I" cried Mrs.... | |
| 1868 - 220 páginas
...like a cherry. His droll little mouth Was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin Was as wnite as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held Tight in...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, In spite of myself.... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 páginas
...like roses, his nose like a cherry, His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a...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... | |
| Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - 1870 - 396 páginas
...His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow....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, in spite of myself.... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 páginas
...like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a...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, in spite of myself.... | |
| John C. Van Tramp - 1870 - 806 páginas
...was not unlike that of Saint Nicholas of Christmas holiday memory, for " He had a broad chin, and o little round belly, That shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelley." Indeed, I am inclined to suspect that the worthy priest was a man cf the world, who loved... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 292 páginas
...His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry : His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow....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, in spite of myself;... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, tic, chaste, sublime I Thy wonders, in that godlike age, Fill thy recording sister's page ; 'T is s Ami the smoke it encircled his head like awreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly That... | |
| 1872 - 900 páginas
...His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry ; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, turdy oak with broad-spread boughs ; And beyond, th Tho stump of я pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 páginas
...droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. Th« pŜ b 7 zy ^q < N n _ K |j2 :r ~T~ 7oR F... ۮ ; ; 0 q4 Փr ; p Oj Im.^X zG _ He was chubby and plump, — a right jolly oldclf ; And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself.... | |
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