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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... persons in each reign ; not forgetting the progressive influence of education upon the habits of the people . Almanacks and Newspapers : their origin and present economy . The Post - office : its origin and present management . Ancient ...
... persons in each reign ; not forgetting the progressive influence of education upon the habits of the people . Almanacks and Newspapers : their origin and present economy . The Post - office : its origin and present management . Ancient ...
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... persons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and her successors . In the brilliant reign of Elizabeth , the English nobles and princely proprietors vied more than ever with each other in the magnificence of their mansions . The principal ...
... persons in the reign of Queen Elizabeth , and her successors . In the brilliant reign of Elizabeth , the English nobles and princely proprietors vied more than ever with each other in the magnificence of their mansions . The principal ...
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... persons of fortune was such as we see in Portland Place and Portman Square . The styles of the present century are too well known to the reader ; and such is the variety of Grecian , Italian , and other orders , adopted in the splendid ...
... persons of fortune was such as we see in Portland Place and Portman Square . The styles of the present century are too well known to the reader ; and such is the variety of Grecian , Italian , and other orders , adopted in the splendid ...
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... persons . The royal arms usually occupied a conspicuous station at either end of the room . The head table was laid for the lord and the principal guests on the raised place , and other tables were ranged along the sides for inferior ...
... persons . The royal arms usually occupied a conspicuous station at either end of the room . The head table was laid for the lord and the principal guests on the raised place , and other tables were ranged along the sides for inferior ...
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... person to stand upright in it , its diameter being fifteen feet . It has since been converted into a wine cellar , the sides being divided into ten parts , and each holding a hogs- head of wine in bottles . Vast as is this kitchen , it ...
... person to stand upright in it , its diameter being fifteen feet . It has since been converted into a wine cellar , the sides being divided into ten parts , and each holding a hogs- head of wine in bottles . Vast as is this kitchen , it ...
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Strana 374 - From seventeen years till now almost fourscore Here lived I, but now live here no more. At seventeen years many their fortunes seek; But at fourscore, it is too late a week: Yet fortune cannot recompence me better, Than to die well, and not my master's debtor.
Strana 82 - I will tell you, quoth she, and tell you a Truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest Benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe Parents, and so gentle a Schoolmaster. For when I am in Presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep Silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing...
Strana 374 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Strana 82 - I bear them) so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer ; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing while I am with him.
Strana 352 - As if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from - trifling accidents as from real evils. I have known...
Strana 209 - But methinks he should stand in fear of fire, being burnt i' the hand for stealing of sheep. [Aside. CADE. Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Strana 338 - A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing, or depositing, the rain are opposite to the sun, — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west ; and as our heavy rains, in this climate, are usually brought by the westerly wind, a rainbow in the west indicates, that the bad weather is on the road, by the wind, to us ; whereas the rainbow in the east proves, that the rain in these clouds is passing from us.
Strana 89 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Strana 374 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Strana 332 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it, the churchyards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.