 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...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 334by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...comfort it affords our end. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of pi aster, partial, and to some deny'd The tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dune, ^ . On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With...George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villien lies — alas I how changed from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | John Cole - Scarborough (England) - 1825 - 122 pages
...in the following energetic lines : *' 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-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...plaster, and the walls of dung, On onee a floek-hed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-ty'd eurtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alns! how ehang'd from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...see what comfort it affords our end ! lu the worst inn's Worst room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaiiM with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...lend * And see, what comfort it affords our end. In the worst inn's worst room, with nut 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 George and Garter dangling from that b«-\ Where tawdry... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...WHEREIN THE SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM DIED. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-bung, 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 George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...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 George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tan-dry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villitrt lies — alasl how chang'd from him, That life... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw., aa With tape-tied 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 changed from him, That life of pleasure,... | |
 | Joseph Hamilton (of Dublin.) - Dueling - 1829 - 304 pages
...with mat half hung, 1 The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock beJ, hut repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to...George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies— alas ! how changed from him ; That life of pleasure,... | |
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