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" 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 - Page 85
by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911
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Parley's Magazine, Volume 6

Children's periodicals - 1838 - 448 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And...twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing (o dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 3

1837 - 1322 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And I laugh'd when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And 1 laughed when I saw him in spite of myself. A wink...He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all his stockings : then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And...
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The New-York Book of Poetry

Charles Fenno Hoffman - American literature - 1837 - 278 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf ;...He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jirk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And...
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The New-York Review, Volume 1

Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. — p. 219. These lines have lately been illustrated by Weir's painting of St. Nicholas, where we have...
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The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 3; Volume 9

American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And I laugh'd when 1 saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me...
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The Book of the Months: A Gift for the Young

Animals - 1839 - 204 pages
...had a broad face, and a little round belly, Which shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump — a right jolly old elf;...He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 304 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And...He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 300 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And...He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And...
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The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters...

John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 302 pages
...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 ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when 1 saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had...
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