Domestic Life in England, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With Notices of Origins, Inventions, and Modern Improvements in the Social ArtsThomas Tegg and Son, 1835 - 379 strán (strany) |
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Strana 24
... half inches long , two and a half inches thick , and four wide . They bear a heavy duty , which , in one year , yields upwards of three hundred thousand pounds . Chimneys are of still later introduction , and are not mentioned as being ...
... half inches long , two and a half inches thick , and four wide . They bear a heavy duty , which , in one year , yields upwards of three hundred thousand pounds . Chimneys are of still later introduction , and are not mentioned as being ...
Strana 28
... half dressed , ignorantly , he was to fast three days , and four , if he knew it . Roasted meat seems to have been con- sidered a luxury ; but boiling was very general , and broiling and stewing were also in use . and mead were the ...
... half dressed , ignorantly , he was to fast three days , and four , if he knew it . Roasted meat seems to have been con- sidered a luxury ; but boiling was very general , and broiling and stewing were also in use . and mead were the ...
Strana 38
... half a chine of mutton , or a chine of beef boiled . On meagre days ( or when meat was forbidden ) , a loaf of bread , two manchets , a quart of beer , a quart of wine , a dish cr butter , a piece of salt fish , or a dish of buttered ...
... half a chine of mutton , or a chine of beef boiled . On meagre days ( or when meat was forbidden ) , a loaf of bread , two manchets , a quart of beer , a quart of wine , a dish cr butter , a piece of salt fish , or a dish of buttered ...
Strana 42
... bringing dinner , twelve trumpets and two kettle - drums made the hall ring for half an hour together . After this a number of un- married ladies appeared , who lifted the meat from the table , and conveyed it to the queen's 42 MEALS .
... bringing dinner , twelve trumpets and two kettle - drums made the hall ring for half an hour together . After this a number of un- married ladies appeared , who lifted the meat from the table , and conveyed it to the queen's 42 MEALS .
Strana 103
... half of the children of the humbler classes are re- ceiving , in England , the inestimable advantages of education . London alone contains forty - five free - schools , with perpetual endowments for educating and maintaining nearly four ...
... half of the children of the humbler classes are re- ceiving , in England , the inestimable advantages of education . London alone contains forty - five free - schools , with perpetual endowments for educating and maintaining nearly four ...
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