 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 pagina’s
...forcible, but inaccurate, account of his last hours, and the place in which they were passed:— ' In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster and the walls of dung, I On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw ; The George... | |
 | works of the best authors - 1860 - 260 pagina’s
...doubt, like you and me ? Epistle in. Lines I, 2. 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... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 504 pagina’s
...following forcible, but inaccurate, account of his last hours, and the place in which they were passed: c ( 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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw ; The George and Garter... | |
 | Grace Wharton, Philip Wharton - 1861 - 522 pagina’s
...following forcible, but inaccurate, account of his last hours, and the place in which they were passed: '' 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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw; The George and Garter... | |
 | Sir Bernard Burke - 1861 - 458 pagina’s
...Yorkshire:— " Behold what blessings wealth to life can lend, And see what comfort it affords our end! In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...floors of plaster, and the walls of dung. On once a floclt-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1861 - 654 pagina’s
...forcible, but inaccurate, account of his last hours, and the place in which they were passed:— 1 In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...floors of plaster and the walls of dung, On once a flock-hed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw ; The George and Garter... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 386 pagina’s
...fabulous colouring. Let me recall to the reader the principal lines in this famous 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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pagina’s
...picture of the closing scene of Charles II.'s splendid favourite, the second Duke of Buckingham:— " 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 repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pagina’s
...fabulous colouring. Let me recall to the reader the principal lines in this famous description :— " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...floors of plaster and the walls of dung, On once a flock-hed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1863 - 334 pagina’s
...can lend! And see what comfort it affords our end. In the worst inn's worst room, with mat halfhung, 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, Tlie 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... 
