| William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 498 páginas
...circumstances. Erasmus, describing lie slovenly habits of the people of England, says says, " the floors are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." And according' to Hollingshed there was scarely a chimney to the houses, even in the most considerable... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 páginas
...bad exposition of the houses, to the filthiness of the streets, and to the sluttishness within doors. The floors, says he, are commonly of clay, strewed...excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty. I shall give a sketch of the domestic life of a nobleman in the last century. I transcribe it from... | |
| David Hume - 1807 - 480 páginas
...Channel-row:1 Yet labour and provisions, and consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with " rushes, f4fc5 Phil t Mar. cap. 2. «' rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient CHAP V collection of beer,... | |
| Sir John Sinclair - 1807 - 852 páginas
...rude and barbarous ages. Nor was England itself in a better state about two or three centuries ago. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England,...habits among the people. " The floors," says he, " are .common" ly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies, un" molested, an ancient collection of... | |
| David Hume - 1818 - 488 páginas
...: Yet labour and provisions, and consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with f 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. cap. 2. * Nicholson's Historical Library. 11 " rushes, " rushes, under which lies... | |
| Sir John Sinclair - 1818 - 684 páginas
...Scotland, parish of Fortim full, vol. np 458, *ays, " are commonly of clay, with rushes, under which liesj unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, grease,...of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty*. Holinshed, who lived in Queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account of the plain, or rather... | |
| David Hume - 1819 - 368 páginas
...5 yet labour and provisions, and consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt and slovenly hahits among the people. " The floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under... | |
| Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1821 - 304 páginas
...provisions, and consequently houses; were only about a third of the present price. ERASMUS ascrihes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness and dirt, and slovenly hahits among the people. "The floors" Says he, " are-coramonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under... | |
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