 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...Drurv-lfme; There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snup, The muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a mg. A window patch'd with paper lent a ray, That dimly show'd the state in which lie lay. The sandeil floor that grits beneath the tread. The humid wall with paltry pictures spread.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1825 - 160 pages
...bloods of Drury-Iane ; There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretcb'd beneath a rug: A window, patch'd with paper, lent...grits beneath the tread The humid wall with paltry pietures spread ; The royal game of goose was there in view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane ; There, in a lonely room, from bailiff's snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly shew'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread, The humid wall with... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...black champagne, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane ; There, in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly shew'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread, The humid wall with... | |
 | 1828 - 488 pages
...truth, " The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a cliest of drawers by day ;"— " The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread, The humid wall, with paltry pictures spread." We can scarcely add, also — - " The rusty grate, unconscious of a fire" — for, to be candid, the... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...Parson's black champaign, Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane; There in a lonely room, from bailiffs snug, The Muse found Scroggen stretch'd beneath a...window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray, That dimly shew'd the state in which he lay; The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall with... | |
 | English periodicals - 1832 - 524 pages
...truth, The chest, contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; and, The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread. The humid wall, with paltry pictures spread. We can scarcely add, also,-— The rusty grate, unconscious of a fire— for, to be candid, the smoke... | |
 | sir James Prior - English literature - 1837 - 550 pages
...may be described somewhat in this way : — " The window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray That feebly show'd the state in which he lay; The sanded floor...tread, The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there expos'd to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew; The Seasons, fram'd... | |
 | Serial publications - 1837 - 552 pages
...may be described somewhat in this way :— ' The window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray That feebly show'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor...tread, The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there cxpos'd to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew; The Seasons, fram'd... | |
 | Sir James Prior - Authors - 1837 - 564 pages
...may be described somewhat in this way: — " The window, patch'd with paper, lent a ray That feebly show'd the state in which he lay: The sanded floor...tread, The humid wall with paltry pictures spread ; The game of goose was there expos'd to view, And the twelve rules the royal martyr drew ; The Seasons,... | |
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That dimly show'd the state in which he lay ; The sanded floor, that grits beneath the tread ; The humid wall with paltry pictures spread... 
