 | Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1876 - 932 pagine
...England in riches, free" dom, liberty, welfare, and all prosperity." A writer in England in 1577 says, " These English have their houses made of sticks and...dirt, " but they fare commonly so well as the King." And one or two others, natives and foreigners, remark on the good feeding of the English, which enabled... | |
 | 1877 - 612 pagine
...the meanness of these abodes of Englishmen with their profuse diet. ' These English,' they said, ' have ' their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly ' so well as the king.' Even in London the houses were plain outside, though some of them were grand inside, so as to be able... | |
 | David Hume - 1882 - 614 pagine
...insomuch that one of no small reputation amongst them said after this manner: These English, quoth he, have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king. Whereby it appeareth, that he liked better of pur good fare in such coarse cabins, than of their own... | |
 | Russell Montague Garnier - 1892 - 436 pagine
...one of no small reputation amongst them, said after this manner : — ' These English,' quoth he, ' have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king,' whereby it appeareth that he liked better of our good fare in such coarse cabins, than of their own... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 228 pagine
...the suite of Philip remarked the large diet in these homely cottages: " These English," quoth he, " have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king." " Whereby it appeareth," comments 32 Harrison, " that he liked better of our good fare in such coarse... | |
 | William Heywood - 1901 - 410 pagine
...barbarism."1 More than two centuries later, the Spaniards who came over with Philip II declared that " these English have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the King."2 With regard to France, the reader may consult Mr. Tighe Hopkins' work above referred to ; and... | |
 | Peter Hume Brown - 1904 - 306 pagine
...that one of no small reputation amongst them said after this manner — ' These English ' (quoth he) ' have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king.' "7 Curiously enough in the case of the Scotch agricultural classes we have testimony to a similar conjunction... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1904 - 434 pagine
...the suite of Philip remarked the large diet in these homely cottages : " These English," quoth he, " have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king." " Whereby it appeareth," comments Harrison, " that he liked better of our good fare in such coarse... | |
 | Peter Hume Brown - 1904 - 304 pagine
...that one of no small reputation amongst them said after this manner — 'These English' (quoth he) 'have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king.' "7 Curiously enough in the case of the Scotch agricultural classes we have testimony to a similar conjunction... | |
 | George Curry (master Charterhouse School, London.) - 1904 - 368 pagine
...Philip were astonished at the good cheer of the farmers and shopkeepers. "These English," they said, "have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly as well as the king." By "sticks and dirt," they meant walls of clay or a mixture of clay and straw.... | |
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Mary's days to wonder; but chiefly when they saw that large diet was used in many of these so homely cottages, insomuch that one of no small reputation amongst them said after this manner: These English, quoth he, have their houses made of sticks and... 
