 ... palaces, navigation, &c. ; but now sallow, &c., are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak,...  Pauperism and Crime - Pagina 52di William Logan Fisher - 1831 - 119 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | David Hume - 1807 - 480 pagine
...of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety ; but now the... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 pagine
...of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now, when our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 pagine
...of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now, when our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 288 pagine
..." willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are " come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, " but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." Holingshed, Description of Britain, chap. xvi. If Holingshed complained of these men of willow, what... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1809 - 280 pagine
..." willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are " come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, " but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." Holingshed, Description of Britain, chap. xvi. If Holingshed complained of these men of willow, what... | |
 | 1810 - 576 pagine
...willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our roen are nut only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." Holmshed, Description of Britain, c. 16. If Holinshed complained of these men of willow, n hut. must... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 380 pagine
...of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men artf not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety, but now the... | |
 | David Hume - 1819 - 368 pagine
...builded of willow, then had we oaken men; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the... | |
 | 1823 - 856 pagine
...of willow, dien had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. ID these the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety ; but now the... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 pagine
...buylded of willowe then had we oken men, but nowe that our houses are come to be made of oke, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." * Mr. Brand informs us, that the Corporation of Newcastle annually received L 10,000 in the latter... | |
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