 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...on bufto.s, of which there are feveral vile examples in the tombs at Weftmiulicr and clfcvvhcrc. P. Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! And...half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...there are feveral.vite examples in the tombs at Weftrninfter and elfewhere. P. Behold what bleflings Wealth to life can lend ! And fee, what comfort it...half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...humanity had been, fome time or other, brought into act. VtR. 296. Eternal ЪисЫе. íqkes in ^(íi ' Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! .And...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, 300 On once a flock-bed, but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...ESSAYS. 259 That live-long wig which Gorgon's felf might own, Eternal buckle takes in Parian ftone. 296 Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! And...half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, COMMENTARY.... | |
 | Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...an eftate of near 50,000 1. per; annum, expiring, 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 tawdry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 234 pages
...between j Then ftole to reft, unheeded and,unfeen. W.'IIT. MQ fe. AL ESSAYS. i4; Behold what bieffings Wealth to life can lend ! And fee, what comfort it affords our end. tn the worft inn's worif, room, with mat half hung, The floors of pla'ifter, and the walls of dung,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1759 - 608 pages
...defcription, in th« following piclurefque lines: In the worft inn's worfl room, with mat half hung The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with ftraw, Vvith tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 402 pages
...giving That live-long wig which Gorgon's felf might own, 295 Eternal buckle takes in Parian ftone. Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! And fee, what comfort it affords our end. In the worfl inn's worfl: room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaifler, and the walls of dung, 300 COMMENTARY.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...hands ; That live- long wig which Gorgon's felf might own, Eternal buckle takes in Parian ftone *. Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! And...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...his hands ; That live-long wig which Gorgon's felf might own, Eternal buckle takes in Parian ftone *. Behold what bleffings Wealth to life can lend ! And...inn's worft room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaifler, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains,... | |
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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... 
