 ... stone dug up which is used for firing. The towns are unwalled, the houses commonly built without lime, and in villages roofed with turf, while a cow's hide supplies the place of a door. The commonalty are poor and uneducated, have abundance of flesh...  Forestry - Page 2311884Full view - About this book
 | A. Mercer - 1828 - 352 lehte
...country, fertile of few sorts of grain, and generally void of trees, but there is a sulphureous itone dug up, which is used for firing. The towns are unwalled,...fair and comely, and prone to the pleasures of love ; kisses being there esteemed of less consequence than pressing the hand in Italy. The wine is all... | |
 | A. Mercer - 1828 - 352 lehte
...trees, but there is a sulphureous itone dug up, which is used for firing. The towns are un walled, the houses commonly built without lime, and, in villages,...fair and comely, and prone to the pleasures of love ; kisses being there esteemed of less consequence than pressing the hand in Italy. The wine is all... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - 1866 - 336 lehte
...The common people are poor and rude, thoy have plenty of flesh and fish, but bread 2 is eaten only as a dainty. The men are small in stature, but bold ; the women of fair complexion, good-looking, and amorous, kissing in Scotland going for less than shaking hands... | |
 | Marjory G J. Kinloch - 1874 - 338 lehte
...cold country, fertile of few sorts of grain, and generally void of trees, but there is a sulphureous stone dug up, which is used for firing ; the towns...in stature, but bold ; the women fair and comely. . . . The wine is all imported ; the horses are mostly small ambling nags, . . . and neither curry-combs... | |
 | James Cargill Guthrie - 1875 - 558 lehte
...and the villages roofed with turf, while a cow's hide supplies the place of a door. The commonality are poor and uneducated, have abundance of flesh and...fair and comely, and prone to the pleasures of love ; kisses being there esteemed of less consequence than pressing the hand is in Italy. The wine is all... | |
 | James Cargill Guthrie - 1875 - 550 lehte
...and the villages roofed with turf, while a cow's hide supplies the place of a door. The commonality are poor and uneducated, have abundance of flesh and...fair and comely, and prone to the pleasures of love ; kisses being there esteemed of less consequence than pressing the hand is in Italy. The wine is all... | |
 | John Merry Ross - 1884 - 456 lehte
...cold country, fertile of few sorts of grain, and generally void of trees, but there is a sulphureous stone dug up which is used for firing. The towns are...wine is all imported ; the horses are mostly small ambling nags, only a few being preserved entire for propagation, and neither curry-combs nor reins... | |
 | 1897 - 816 lehte
...door. The common people are poor and rude, they have plenty of flesh and tish, but bread is eaten only as a dainty. The men are small in stature, but bold ; the women of fair complexion, good looking, and amorous, kissing in Scotland going for less than shaking hands... | |
 | Glasgow (Scotland) - 1897 - 832 lehte
...door. The common people are poor and rude, they have plenty of flesh and fish, but bread is eaten only as a dainty. The men are small in stature, but bold ; the women of fair complexion, good looking, and amorous, kissing in Scotland going for less than shaking hands... | |
 | Robert Borland - 1898 - 338 lehte
...cold country, fertile of few sorts of grain, and generally void of trees, but there is a sulphureous stone dug up which is used for firing. The towns are...fair and comely, and prone to the pleasures of love, kisses being esteemed of less consequence than pressing the hand is in Italy. The wine is all imported... | |
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