 | Shuttleworth family - 1858 - 440 lehte
...(through Persian delicacy crept in among us), altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In those the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence...house in safety, but now the assurance of the timber, double doors, locks and bolts, must defend the man from robbing. Now have we many chimnevs, yet our... | |
 | 1858 - 430 lehte
...yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many (through Persian delicacy crept in among us), altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In those... | |
 | 1858 - 430 lehte
...change; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses arc come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many (through Persian delicacy crept in among us), altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. la those... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 228 lehte
...houbes are come tobe made of oak, our men are not ouly become willow, but a great many altogether ef straw, which is a sore alteration. In these the courage...must defend the men from robbing. Now have we many chimnies ; and yet our tenderlines complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we nono but rcredosses,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 526 lehte
...Persian delicacy crept in among us, altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In those days, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence...in safety ; but now, the assurance of the timber, double doors, locks, and bolts, must defend the man from robbing. Now have we many chimneys, and our... | |
 | 1864 - 936 lehte
...yet, see the change, for when our houses wore builded of willow, then had we oaken men, but now ilia; our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are...become willow, but a great many altogether of straw. Now have we many chimneys, and yet our tenderlines complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; thvn had... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1864 - 596 lehte
...Houses wer* one? builded of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now houses are made of oak, and our mea not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." * " Rcredos. doisel (rftablt, Fr. i poattvyule, ItaLi." according to Parker's Glossary of Architecture,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1866 - 464 lehte
...Persian delicacy crept in among us, altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In those days, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence...in safety ; but now, the assurance of the timber, double doors, locks, and bolts, must defend the man from robbing. Now have we many chimneys, and our... | |
 | 1867 - 694 lehte
...1508 remarks — " When our houses were built of willow, we hud oaken men, but now that our " bouses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but " a great many altogether of straw." 4. Woodward, or Forest-ranger. churches in England, and the local name Woodchurch, once much more prevalent... | |
 | James Robinson Nichols - 1867 - 140 lehte
...meat. " But when our houses were built of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now our houses are built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether men of straw, which is a sore alteration." The quaint, humorous old writer would be called a " croaker"... | |
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... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our... 
