...price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt and slovenly hahits among the people. " The floors," says he, " are commonly...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty," w Hollingshed, who lived in queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account of the plain, or...

...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 reign of Charles the First, from the...

...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...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." 8 Holingshed, who lived in queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account of the plain, or rather...

...We may mention, in addition to those we have .noticed, that the Bishop of Utrecht, 'great uncle to " grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs " and cats, and every thing that is nasty, &c. " England is happily altered for the better in these re" spects, from its condition in the days...

...another cause; the floors being strewed, says Erasmus, in his time, with rushes, under which " lay unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, grease,...excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that was nasty."* A. — In towns the houses were constructed with the same materials as in the country...

...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...excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty56." Holingshed, who lived in queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account of the plain,...

...modern notions, wretched in the highest degree. Erasmus, in a letter to Dr. Francis, says ; " The floors are commonly of clay strewed with rushes ; under which...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." He attributes the frequent plagues which ravaged the City to the crowded manner of building and the...

...are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lie unmolested an ancientcollection of lees, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." To such a sordid and uncleanly mode of life, Erasmus was disposed to impute ihe frequent visits of...

...to modern notions, wretched in the extreme. Erasmus, in a letter to Dr. Francis, says, "The floors are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes ; under...ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." He attributes the frequent plagues which...

...and he says, " their floors are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lie unmolested a collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and of everything that is nauseous." The elder Scaliger, another scholar who came to England, abuses the...