...WIM rushes ; under which lies, unmolested, an ancient collection ofbeer, grease, fragments, bone«, spittle, 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...

...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 with rushes; under which lies, unmolested, an aucier.t collection of bee-r, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrement of dogs and cats, and everything...

...Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in Eugland to the mistiness and dirt and slovenly habits amoug the people. " The floors," says he, " are commonly...fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and everything that is nasty." Hollingshed, who lived in queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious...

...exposition of the houses, to the tilthiness of the streets, and to the sluttishness within doors. " The floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed...which lies, unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, -. 38 Anecdotes of European Manners. grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrement of dogs and cats,...

...Henry VIII., gives no pleasant description of the floors of the poorer houses. He says : ' The floors are commonly of clay strewed with rushes ; under which...collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, and everything that is nasty.' To these uncleanly habits were owing the terrible plagues that fell...

...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...

...1848. But they were also, and for the reason indicated, the least permanent in their duration.* enly habits among the people. 'The floors," says he, 'are...ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, excrements of dogs and cats, and everything that is nasty. Hollingshed, who lived in Queen Elizabeth's...

...1848. But they were also, and for the reason indicated, the least permanent in their duration.* enly habits among the people. 'The floors,' says he, 'are...under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of heer, grease, fragments, bones, excrements of dogs and cats, and everything that is nasty. Hollingshed,...

...about a third of our present price. Erasmus aseribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastinesg and dirt, and slovenly habits among the people ; " the floors," says he, " arc commonly of clay, strewed with rusties, under which be unmolested an ancient collection of beer,...

...the sluttishness within doors. " The floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes; which lies, unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrement of dogs and cats, and everything that is nasty."* And now, certainly we are the cleanest...