 | James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 páginas
...constantly smoking tobacco.' A much more harmless recreation we find recorded by the same writer, They are ' vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, &c. So that it is common for a number of them that nave got a glass in their heads, to go up into some... | |
 | Paul Hentzner - 1807 - 86 páginas
...are low, and where the owner has money, covered with lead. They are powerful in the field, succesful against their enemies, impatient of any thing like...as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 702 páginas
...existence: thus Hentzner tells us,—" The English are serious, like the Germans; — they are powerful in the field, successful against their enemies, impatient of any thing like slavery." f • But of the foibles and vices, as more evanescent and mutable, it may be interesting to state... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1821 - 304 páginas
...more harmless, but not more rational recreation is recorded by the same writer. Elizabeth. They are " vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannons, drums, &c. So that it is common fur n numher of them thnt have got a glare in their heads,... | |
 | New voyages - 1823 - 726 páginas
...scurvy, said to have first crept into England with the Norman conquest. In the field they are powerful, successful against their enemies, impatient of any...slavery ; vastly fond of great noises that fill the air, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells; so that it is common for a number... | |
 | Nicholas Carlisle - 1828 - 352 páginas
...perfection here,—and therefore, they have, not improperly, named England, " The Ringing Island." n Hentzner, when describing the manners of the English,...the firing " of cannon, drums, and the ringing of " Bells, so that it is common for a num" ber of them, that have got a glass in " their heads, to go... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 páginas
...built of wood; those of the richer where the owner has money, covered with lead. They are powerful in the field, successful against their enemies, impatient...great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of a cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells ; so that it is common for a number of them that have got... | |
 | Musa, Thomas Oliphant (president of the Madrigal society) - 1837 - 520 páginas
...performed by tintinnabulary enthusiasts. Hentzner, in his Itinerary, AD 1598, states that the English are " vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear; " such as the firing of cannon, beating of drums, and ring" ing of bells; so that it is common for a number of them " that have got... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 420 páginas
...excel in dancing and music, for they are active and lively." A little further on he adds, " they are vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, beating of drums, and the ringing of bells ; so that it is common for a number of them that have got... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 páginas
...existence : thus Hentzner tells us,—" The English are serious, like the Germans ; —they are powerful in the field, successful against their enemies, impatient of any thing like slavery." But of the foibles and vices, as more evanescent and mutable, it may he interesting to state a few... | |
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HENTZNER, when describing the manners of the English, says, " they are pow" erful in the field, successful against " their enemies, impatient of any thing "like Slavery, — vastly fond of great " noises that fill the ear, such as the firing " of cannon,... 
