| 482 páginas
...change, for, when our houfes were builded of willow, then had we oalcen men ; but now, that our houfes are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become...of ftraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe, the coitrage of the owner was a fufficient defence to keep the houfe in fafety ; but now the affurance... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 páginas
...when our houfes were builded of willow, then had we oaktn men ; but now that our houfes are come te be made of oak, our men are not only become willow»...fore alteration. In thefe, the courage of the owner wat a fufficient defence to keep the houfe in fafety ; but now the aifurance of the timber muft defend... | |
| 1799 - 404 páginas
...change, for when our houfes were builded of willow, then had we oaken men; but now that our houfes are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become...alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fuificient defence to keep the houfe in iafety ; but now the afl'urance of the timber muft defend the... | |
| John Baillie - 1801 - 642 páginas
...houfes were buylded of willowe then had we oken men, but now that our houfes are come to be made of oke, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of draw, which is a fore alteration." April 26, 1582, Qjjeen Elizabeth obtained a leafe of the manors... | |
| William Granger - 1807 - 538 páginas
...oken men, but nowe that our houfes are come to be made of oke, our men are not only become willowe, but a great many altogether of ftraw, which is a fore alteration." , In the latter end of the reign of queen Elizabeth, the* duty of the town of NewcafUe upon Tyne on coals,... | |
| David Hume - 1807 - 480 páginas
...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, 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... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 páginas
...change ; for when our houses were built 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... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 páginas
...change ; for when our houses were built 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... | |
| John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 288 páginas
..."'Willow," &c. " When our houses were 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." Holingshed, Description of Britain, chap. xvi. If Holingshed complained... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 páginas
...houfes were builded of willow, then had we oaken but now that our houfes are come to be made of men; oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of ilraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fufficient defence to keep... | |
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