 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...  Anecdotes of Polite Literature ... - Page 1751764Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1782 - 518 pages
...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,...bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red. Great Great Villers lies alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim! Gallant... | |
 | 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 the excellence of language,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...The floors of plainer, and the walls of d On once ayfovf-bed, but repair'd withdraw, With topt-tj'4 curtains, never meant to draw, The. George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow flrove with dirty rtdt Great Villers lies %. THE ufe, the force, and the excellence • " He muft have... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...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,...bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Fillers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of Pleafure, and that foul of Whim I Gallant... | |
 | Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...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 George and Garter...Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of... | |
 | 1783 - 800 pages
...vralh ., dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd wisli draw, With tape-ty'd curtains, pever meant t<» draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow drove wilh dirly red. Great Vifliers lies— alat ! boW chang'd inclined to receive ill impreflions,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...floors t;f plaftcr, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with draw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrovc with dirty red, Great Villcrs lies — alas ! how chang'd from him That life of plcafure, and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...floors of plaftcr, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repairM with ftraw, With rape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow (trove with dirty red, Great Villers lies— -alas! how chang'd from hirrt That life of plcafurc, and... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - Thames River - 1792 - 386 pages
..." On once a flock bed, but repair'd with ftraw, " With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw j " The George and Garter dangling from that bed, " Where...Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, « That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! " Gallant and gay, in Cliefden's proud alcove, " The bow'r... | |
 | John Bew - 1793 - 330 pages
...once a fluck-bed, but rcpair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The Ge. rge and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiefe lie*. Alasl how chang'd from him, That life of pleafurc, and that foul of whim l Gallant and... | |
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