 | 1764 - 198 pages
...are more natural in men. z. In the worft inn's worft room, with mat half hung, The floors of plainer, and the walls of dung, On once a flock- bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where... | |
 | George Lipscomb - 1799 - 394 pages
...for here we slept — *i In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floor of plaister, and the walls of dung ; On once a flock -bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw." Fatigue, however, made us enjoy this homely shel. ter; we... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 512 pages
...the lines refer to the dissipated scenes transacted on this spot, they seem justly to claim recital. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw. With upe-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1801 - 474 pages
...transacted on this spot, they seem justly to claim recital. In the worst inn's worst room, with mil half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repairM with straw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | 1801 - 860 pages
...his third epiftle. " In the worn inn's * worn room, with mat half hung» , . The floors of planer, and the walls of dung, On 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... | |
 | John Bew - 1807 - 408 pages
...which he records the wretched end of its founder: 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-ly'd curtains never meant to draw. The George and Garter... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 410 pages
...great nobleman, and celebrated genius, Pope has given the following \vell-knpwn description : — " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...disregard. Ilis dying scene, in a paltry inn in Yorkshire, has been immortalized by Pope's beautiful lines : In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung ; On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape- tied curtains,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...disregard. His dying scene, in a paltry inn in Y'orkshire, has been immortalized by Pope's beautiful lines : In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung; On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...lend ! And see what comfort it affords our end. In the worst iun's worst room, with mat half-huug, 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... | |
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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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow... 
