 | Arthur Young - 1793 - 710 pages
...what fheep, what wool! — Are not thefe 1; , tilings better than a fat ecclefiaftic ? If an adive \ Englifli farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think...pleafant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man'a bofom. I fearch for good farmers, and run my head at every turn againft monks and ftate prifons.... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - 770 pages
...¡ —Are not thefe things better than a fat ecclefiaftic ? If an active Engliih fanner were moused behind this abbot, I think he would do more good to...with the whole of theirs. Pafs the Baftile ; another plcafant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bofom. I fearch for good farmers,' and... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 pages
...what sheep, what wool ! — Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic ? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the bastile; another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom. I search... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1892 - 452 pages
...what sheep, what wool ! — Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic ? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the bastile ; another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom. I search... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 618 pages
...what sheep, what wool ! Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic ? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the Bastile: another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom. I search... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1906 - 690 pages
...sheep, what wool ! — Are not these things better than a fat .ecclesiastic ? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the bastile ; another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom. I 'search... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1915 - 398 pages
...what sheep, what wool! — Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the Bastille; another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom. I search... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1917 - 414 pages
...clover, what sheep, what wool! Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would do more good to France with hajf/fhe income than half the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Arrive at the great commercial... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1929 - 496 pages
...what sheep, what wool ! Are not these things better than a fat ecclesiastic ? If an active English farmer was mounted behind this abbot, I think he would...the abbots of the kingdom with the whole of theirs. Pass the Bastille 2 ; another pleasant object to make agreeable emotions vibrate in a man's bosom.... | |
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... consistent with the spirit of the tenth century, but not with that of the eighteenth. What a noble farm would the fourth of this income establish ! what turnips, what cabbages, what potatoes, what clover, what sheep, what wool ! — Are not these... 