 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 ページ
...poet thus finely deicribes. * " In the worfl inn's worft room, with mat hal£i " hung, " With floor of plaifter, and the walls of dung, " On once a flock-bed,...Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, " Great Villers lies — Alas ! how chang'd from " him, *' That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! "... | |
 | George Villiers Duke of Buckingham - 1770 - 310 ページ
...epiftle to Lord Bathurft, in the following verfes. In the worft inn's worft room, with matt half-hung, The floors of plaifter, and the walls of dung : On...with dirty red, Great Villiers lies— Alas ! how changM from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 ページ
...plaifter, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtain's, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling...bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that Soul of whim! Gallant... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 ページ
...half-hung, The rloors of plaifter, and the walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, butvepair'd with ilraw, 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 chang'd from him, 305, That life of pleafure,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 414 ページ
...more. Juft as he ought, he fill'd the Space between; Then ftole to reft unheeded and unfeen. VOL. II. K The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villers lies— alas ! how chang'd from him, 305 TJ:at life of Pleafure, and that foul of whim ! Gallant... | |
 | 1782 - 518 ページ
...lend I And fee what 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, On...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 - 1783 - 322 ページ
...VILLERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. IN the worft inn's worft room, with mat halfhung, The floors of plaifbr, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd...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... | |
 | 1783 - 800 ページ
...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,... | |
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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... 
