 | 1852 - 620 lehte
...see the change ; — for, when our houses were builded of willow, then we had oaken men; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are...many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. Now we have many chimneys, and yet our tender limbs complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then... | |
 | 1831 - 578 lehte
...and yet see the change : 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...altogether of straw ; which is a sore alteration.' We come next to the art of warming houses, an art of some importance in a climate like ours, where... | |
 | 1875 - 616 lehte
...as parenthesis. ' 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...become willow, but a great many altogether of straw.') Now, taking the facts recorded by both these writers, will imagination picture St. Mary-le-Bow, not... | |
 | Henry O'Brien - 1834 - 578 lehte
...when houses were built with willow, then had we oaken men ; but now our houses are come to be built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw *." St. Bernard, also, in reference to the Irish, having mentioned that Malachy O'Morgan, archbishop... | |
 | Yorkshire Geological Society - 1887 - 590 lehte
...oken men; but nowe that our houses are come to be made of oke, our men are not only become willowe, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." We see that the complaint is not new in 1886, for it is still said that the last generation was better... | |
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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... 
