 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1851 - 784 páginas
...dangling from that bed AVhere tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies ! Alas ! ho«- changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim, Gallant and pay in Cliveden's proud alcovr, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; There, victor... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1852 - 450 páginas
...meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim !" If any should object that this is all very finished and elaborate, but it is very minute — only... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1852 - 624 páginas
...In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hong, With floor of plaster, and with walls of dung — Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ! — No wit to flatter left of allliis store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more ! There,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 páginas
...dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red : Great Villiers lies : — but ah, how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim, Gallant and gay in Cliefden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ! Or just as gay... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1853 - 770 páginas
...to draw, The 'George and Garter,' dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies. Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim? Gallant and gay, in Clieveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as... | |
 | Bernard Burke - 1853 - 334 páginas
...and Garter dangling from that bed, Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, (treat Villiers lies I alas ! how changed from him That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim ; Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bow'r of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; Or just as... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 292 páginas
...meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies ! Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim, Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love j There, victor... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 300 páginas
...meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies ! Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim, Gallant and gay in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love ; There, victor... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 358 páginas
...himself lost and buried amidst the rubbish of one of our larger, or of one of our Minor Theatres ? " Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim !" But as this was no doubt the height of his ambition, why should we wish to debar him of it ? This... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 páginas
...failings. The other finest one is that of Buckingham, and the best part of that is the pleasurable. - Alas ! how changed from him, That life of pleasure and that soul of whim, Gallant and gay, in Cliveden's proud alcove, The bower of wanton Shrewsbury and love !" Among his happiest... | |
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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... 
