 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 - Seite 89von William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1878 - 450 Seiten
...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...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.... | |
 | 1878 - 254 Seiten
...droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. 6. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke of it circled his head like a wreath ; He had a broad face, and a little round body, And, though rubicund,... | |
 | 1879 - 140 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 354 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Flack - 1879 - 336 Seiten
...the citizens. His clerical dress and ample stomach soon attracted my notice. " He had a broad chin, and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlfull of jelly." and he strongly reminded me of Father Tom Loftus in Mr. Lever's story of " Jack... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 Seiten
...mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the The stump of a pipe lie 's tissued flowera,— The violet, the pink, the jessamine, — I pricked them into He was chubby and plump, — a right jolly old elf; And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself.... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1881 - 692 Seiten
...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...shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly; He spoke not a word, hut went straight to his work : Soon filled all the stockings, then turned with... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 Seiten
...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... | |
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