 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 3241870Full view - About this book
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...finely defcribes. *' In the worft inn's worft room, with mat half" hung, " With floor of plaifter, and the walls of dung, '* On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw t " 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 woift inn's worft room, with matt half-hung, The floors of plainer, 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... | |
 | Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...floors of plaifttr, and the taalli cf dung, On once ay?0r>f-bed, but repair'd whh firavj, With tape-iy'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow llrove luith dirty red, Great Villers lies. ' The ufe, the force, and the excellence of language, certainly... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...VILLERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. IN the woril inn's worft room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaift-'r, 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... | |
 | 1784 - 778 pages
...»• " The floors of plafter, and die walls of dung, " On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, " With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, " The...Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies—alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the word inn's worft room, with mat half hungj The floors of plaftcr, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with draw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The Gcofgc and Garter dangling from that bed Where... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...of plafter, and the wall» of dung, 300 On once a flnck-bed, but repair'd with draw, With tapc-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw/. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow drove with dirty red, Great Villers lies—alas! how chang'd from him, That hfe if pleafure, and that... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...floors of plafter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but 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 him, That life of pleafure,.and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the worfl inn's worft room, with mat halfhung, 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... | |
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