 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 Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last ... - Pagina 308door Alexander Pope - 1760Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Ireland - 1801 - 294 pagina’s
...on this fpot, juftly claim recital. " On once a flock bed, but repair'd with Araw, " With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw ; " The George and Garter dangling from that bed, " Where tawdry yellow drove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, " That life of pleafure,... | |
 | 1801 - 860 pagina’s
...once a flock -bed, but repair'd with ft raw, With- tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, _, *УЬе George and garter dangling from that bed "Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, \ Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how chang'd from hiña, -j .That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pagina’s
...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, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pagina’s
...In the word inn's worft room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, "With...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow flrove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pagina’s
...halfhung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with flraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow flrove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how ch'ang'd from him, That life of pleafure,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...Aa(/"-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once ajlock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The...Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies.f^— — • The use, the force, and the excellence of... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...plaister, and the walls of dung, On once ajlock-bed, but repair5 d with straw, With tape-ty'd rurtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies.-}use, the force, and the excellence of language, certainly... | |
 | John Bew - 1807 - 408 pagina’s
...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ly'd curtains never meant to draw. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleasure, and... | |
 | John Fletcher, David Garrick - 1808 - 410 pagina’s
...hung, " The floprs of plaster, and the walls of dung, " On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, " With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, " The...Garter dangling from that bed, " " Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — Alas! how chang'd from him, " That life of pleasure,... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 410 pagina’s
...hung, " The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, " On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, " With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, " The...Garter dangling from that bed, " Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — Alas ! how chang'd from him, "•That life of pleasure,... | |
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