 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 páginas
...yet, see the 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...owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the assurance of the timber must defend the men. from robbing. Now have we many chimnies,... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 288 páginas
...church. V. f "'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,...altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." Holingshed, Description of Britain, chap. xvi. If Holingshed complained of these men of willow, what... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1810 - 576 páginas
...lawyer than the dull divine : * " 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 roen are nut only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration."... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1813 - 536 páginas
...Persian delicacy crept in among " us, altogether of straw, which is a sore altera^ " tion. In those days, the courage of the owner " was a sufficient defence to keep the house in " safety ; but now, the assurance of the timber, " double doors, locks and bolts, must defend the "... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 382 páginas
...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, our...owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety, but now the assurance of the timber must defend the men from robbing. Now have we many chimnies;... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 380 páginas
...regarded, and yet sec the change: for when oat houses were builded 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... | |
 | 1815 - 398 páginas
...regarded. Yct see the elmnge; 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 altogcther of straw, which is a sore alteration. — Now have we many chimnies, and yct our tender... | |
 | David Hume - 1819 - 368 páginas
...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, our...owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the assurance of the timber must defend the men from robhing. Now have we many chimnies;... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 páginas
...oak, our men are not o»ly become tfi/laic, dut a great many altogether if straw, to/tich is a tore alteration. In these, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety ; but now the assurance of the timber must defend the men from rulming. Now, hare we many chimneys,... | |
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... 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, our... 
