| Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pagina’s
...the Miser's House, the Man of Ross's charities, and of the death of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham : " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, On once a flock hed,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1853 - 332 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, The George and Garter... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1854 - 374 pagina’s
...writes,— " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The walls of plaster, and the floor of dung, On once a flock bed, but repaired with straw,...yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies." The farm-houses of that period, though possibly rude and comfortless, boasted, however, a homely hospitality,... | |
| Katherine Thomson - 1854 - 652 pagina’s
...writes,— " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The walls of plaster, and the floor of dung, On once a flock bed, but repaired with straw,...yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies." The farm-houses of that period, though possibly rude and comfortless, boasted, however, a homely hospitality,... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1854 - 344 pagina’s
...writes,— "In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The walls of plaster, and the floor of dung, On once a flock bed, but repaired with straw,...yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies." The farm-houses of that period, though possibly rude and comfortless, boasted, however, a homely hospitality,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 292 pagina’s
...fabulous coloring. 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 De Quincey - 1854 - 304 pagina’s
...fabulous coloring. 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... | |
| Charles Knight - 1856 - 554 pagina’s
...left at the last hour, under circumstances which are well described in the following lines by Pope: " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...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... | |
| Charles Knight - 1856 - 592 pagina’s
...left at the last hour, under circumstances which are well described in the following lines by Pope : " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...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... | |
| Charles Knight - 1856 - 538 pagina’s
...left at the last hour, under circumstances which are well described in the following lines by Pope : " In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung,...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... | |
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