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
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...VILLERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. IN the worft inn's worft room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaifbr, 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... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the xvorft inn's worft room, with mat half hung, The floors t;f plaftcr, тむ "' draw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where... | |
| William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...half hung, The floors of plafler, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, hut repaired with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great VILLIERS lies. — Alas! how chang'd from... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...comfort it arVords our end. In the worn inn's worft room, with mat half hung. The floors of planer, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1798 - 616 pages
...thus defcribed by Pope. t "In the worft inn's woritroom, with mat . half-hung, Thefloors of plailter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with* ftraw, * [draw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to The George and Gutter* dangling from that bed... | |
| 1800 - 274 pages
...half-hung, The floors of plafter, 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 tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas! how chang'd from h!m>... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...comlort it affords our end. In the worft inn's worfl room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaiftcr, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, 300 Thy life more wretched, Cutler, was confefi'd,... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 474 pages
...with mil half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repairM with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villars lies. Alas! how chang'd from him,... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 512 pages
...justly to claim recital. 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 upe-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...stone. 296 Behold what blessings wealth 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 plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains,... | |
| |