 | James Stuart - 1819 - 692 páginas
...When our houses were built of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now our houses are come to be built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw." Now, if, from this curious passage, we were to infer that stone and lime buildings had not been used... | |
 | 1823 - 856 páginas
...regarded ; and yet see the change, for when our houses were builded of willow, dien had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our...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... | |
 | Alexander Mundell - 1825 - 244 páginas
...regarded ; and yet see the change, for when our houses were builded of willow, then we had 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... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 486 páginas
...were builded of willow, then had we oaken men; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, pur men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether...owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house in safety; but now the assurance of the timber must defend tha men from robbing. Now have we many chimnies;... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 páginas
...were 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... | |
 | Patrick Fitzgerald - 1826 - 474 páginas
...When houses were built with willow, then had we oaken men j but now our houses are come to be built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw." It must appear paradoxical that during the seventh and eighth centuries, when it is acknowledged on... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 420 páginas
...; 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 chimneys... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1831 - 418 páginas
...see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now, when our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are...the owner was a sufficient defence to keep the house m safety; but now the assurance of the timber must defend the men from robbing. Now have we many chimneys,... | |
 | William Logan Fisher - 1831 - 132 páginas
...houses " were builded of willow, we had oaken " men, now our houses are made of oak our " men have not only become willow, but a " great many altogether of straw, which is a " sore alteration."* Yet luxury would not be defined, by any intelligent person, as comprising those things which add to... | |
 | 1834 - 582 páginas
...and yet see the change : for when onr houses were builded'of willow, then had we oaken men : bnt now our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, bnt a great many altogether of straw, which is n sore alteration. In then the couraee of the owner... | |
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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... 
