 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1803
...circumstances. Erasmus, describing lie slovenly habits of the people of England, says says, " the floors are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." And according' to Hollingshed there was scarely a chimney to the houses, even in the most considerable... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807
...bad exposition of the houses, to the filthiness of the streets, and to the sluttishness within doors. The floors, says he, are commonly of clay, strewed...excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty. I shall give a sketch of the domestic life of a nobleman in the last century. I transcribe it from... | |
 | David Hume - 1807
...consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt and slovenly...he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with " rushes, f4fc5 Phil t Mar. cap. 2. «' rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient CHAP V collection of beer,... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1807
...England itself in a better state about two or three centuries ago. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly...habits among the people. " The floors," says he, " are .common" ly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies, un" molested, an ancient collection of... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville - 1812
...(Description of Britain, chap. x. xvi. and xviii.) Erasmus, who died in 1536, ascribes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly habits among the people. " The floors," says he (Epist. 432), " are commonly of " clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies un" molested an ancient... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine François Bertrand de Moleville - 1812
...(Description of Britain, chap. x. xvi. and xviii.) Erasmus, who died in 1536, ascribes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly habits among the people. " The floors," says he (Epist. 432), " are commonly of " clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies un*' molested an ancient... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 277 páginas
...amusements or occupations but what day-light afforded them." (Hume). Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." If we may judge from circumstances, but little improvement seems to have taken place in this respect... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 277 páginas
...amusements or occupations but what day-light afforded them." (Hume). Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly...people. " The floors, " says he, "are commonly of clay, strewcd with rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments,... | |
 | David Hume - 1818
...consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt and slovenly...floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with f 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. cap. 2. * Nicholson's Historical Library. 11 " rushes, " rushes, under which lies... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1818 - 90 páginas
...Scotland, parish of Fortim full, vol. np 458, *ays, " are commonly of clay, with rushes, under which liesj unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, grease,...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty*. Holinshed, who lived in Queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account of the plain, or rather... | |
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are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty. 
