 The Spaniards who came to England in Queen Mary's time wondered when they saw the large diet used by the inmates of the most homelylooking cottages. " The English," they said, " make their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare as well as the king.  A plea for peasant proprietors - Page 78de William Thomas Thornton - 1848Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1813 - 536 pages
...straw, sedge, or reed. It was an observation of a Spaniard in Queen Mary's days, " These English have " their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare as " well as the King." Hollinshed mentioning multitudes of chimneys lately erected, observes, upon the authority of some old... | |
 | 1819 - 780 pages
...trees, beasts, fish, fowl, and fruit. In Queen Mary's time, a Spaniard remarked, " These English have their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare as well as the King" — buildings •were then only of timber wattled and plastered. Grates in houses were then unknown)... | |
 | 1819 - 708 pages
...fish, fowl, and fruit. ID Queen Mary's time, a Spaniard remarked, " These English have their houiei of sticks and dirt, but they fare as well as the King" — buildings were then only of timber wattled and plastered. Grates in housei were then unknown i... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 562 pages
...and thatched with reeds, the diet of tho people was excellent. " These English have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare as well as the king." Chimneys about this period were introduced to concentrate the passage of the smoke, which had previously... | |
 | Robert Verity - 1837 - 88 pages
...straw, sedge, or reed. It was an observation of a Spaniard, in Queen Mary's days, " These English have their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare as well as the king.* Hollinshed, mentioning multitudes of chimneys lately erected, observes, upon the authority of some... | |
 | 1840 - 488 pages
...between the humble dwellings and the diet of the people, saying, " These English have their houses made of sticks and dirt; but they fare as well as the king." But even the common dwellings exhibited many improvements beyond the preceding centuries. Chimneys... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 284 pages
...him commodiously before the fire and out of all draughts. Domestics and workpeople too were well fed. The Spaniards who came to England in Queen Mary's...saw the large diet used by the inmates of the most homely looking cottages. " The English, they said, made their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare... | |
 | Robert Stuart - 1845 - 286 pages
...him commodiously before the fire and out of all draughts. Domestics and workpeople too were well fed. The Spaniards who came to England in Queen Mary's...saw the large diet used by the inmates of the most homely looking cottages. " The English, they said, made their houses of sticks and dirt, but they fare... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1846 - 472 pages
...whose domain stretches for miles around his princely chateau, seldom eats any but rye bread.f This is * Pict. Hist, of Eng. vol. ii. p. 880. The Spaniards...Bernan's Hist, and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms, lye. \ See the lively description of an Esthonian nobleman's household in Miss Rigby's charming Letters... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1846 - 472 pages
...domain stretches for miles around his princely chateau, seldom eats any but rye bread. f This is * Pict. Hist, of Eng. vol. ii. p. 880. The Spaniards...and dirt, but they fare as well as the king." See Bernards Hist, and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms, fyc. f See the lively description of an Esthonian... | |
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