 In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 3091927Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the worft inn's worft room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung-; ' On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where-... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 592 pages
...With floor of plaifter, and the walls of dung-, f ' On once a Hock-bed, but repaired with ftraw, *' With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to " draw, '« The George and Garter dangling from that C€ bed " Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, " G reat Villers lies — Alas '. how chang'd... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Poets, English - 1769 - 600 pages
..." With floor of plaifter, and the walls of dung, ** On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with flrawt " With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to " draw, " The George and Garter dangling from that 11 bed *' Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, *' Great Villers lies — Alas! how chang'd... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...finely deicribes. * " In the worfl inn's worft room, with mat hal£i " hung, " With floor of plaifter, and the walls of dung, " On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, " With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to " draw, " The George and Garter dangling from that... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1770 - 310 pages
...in the following verfes. In the worft inn's worft room, with matt half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung : On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...stone. 296 Behold what blessings wealfh to life can lend! And, see what comfort it affords our end. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, 300 On orce a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the worft inn's worft room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtain's, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...half-hung, The rloors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, butvepair'd with ilraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow flrove with dirty red, Great Villers lies * — alas ! how chang'd from... | |
 | Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...half-knag, The floors of plaißer, and the 'walls of Hung, On once a foct-Ъга, but repair'd with ßra-м, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yelkiu llrove ivttb dirty red, Great Villers lies. * The ufe, the force, and... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 518 pages
...comfort it affords our end ! In the worft inn's worft room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw,. With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed... | |
| |
