 | 1783 - 800 pages
...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,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repairM with ftraw, With rape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow (trove with dirty red, Great Villers lies— -alas! how chang'd from hirrt That life of plcafurc, and... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with draw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrovc with dirty red, Great Villcrs lies — alas ! how chang'd from him That life of plcafure, and... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - Thames River - 1792 - 386 pages
...never meant to draw j " The George and Garter dangling from that bed, " Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, " Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him, « That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! " Gallant and gay, in Cliefden's proud alcove, " The bow'r of wanton... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...wall» of dung, 300 On once a flnck-bed, but repair'd with draw, With tapc-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw/. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow drove with dirty red, Great Villers lies— alas! how chang'd from him, That hfe if pleafure, and that... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, hut repaired with ftraw, With tape-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great VILLIERS lies. — Alas! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...walls of dung, 300 On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw. With tipe-ty'd curtains, never meant to draw. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow drove with dirty red, Great Villers lies — alas! how chang'd from him. That life of pleafure, and... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...elegant delineation. Ver. 303. The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — Alas ! how chang'd from him, That life of pleafure, and that foul of whim ! So Dryden, JEn. v. 326. Where gold and purple ftrive in equal rows.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with ftraw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty reel, Great Villers lies — alas ! how chang'd frrm him That life of pleafure, and... | |
 | 1800 - 274 pages
...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 tawdry yellow ftrove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas! how chang'd from h!m> That life of pleafure, arid... | |
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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... 
