that, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed of down or whole feathers. As for servants, if they had any sheet above them it was well ; for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking strawes that ran Domestic series - Strana 65podľa John Timbs - 1832Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| David Hume - 1789 - Počet stránok 488
...for women in childbed : As for fervants, if they had any fheet above them it was well : For feldorn. had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking ftraws that ran oft through the canvas, and rafed their hardened hides. The third thing they tell of... | |
| English poets - 1801 - Počet stránok 446
...chaff to rest his head upon, he thought " himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the " town; who, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed " of down or whole...under their bodies, to keep " them from the pricking straws that ran olt through " the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened " hides." (p. 188.)... | |
| 1852 - Počet stránok 620
...their head instead of a bolster. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed. As for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well — for seldom had they under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass and rased... | |
| David Hume - 1810 - Počet stránok 612
...town: So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed: As for servants, if they had any sheet above them...under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.—The third thing they tell... | |
| George Ellis - 1811 - Počet stránok 464
...of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought " himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the " town; that, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed of " down...they any under their bodies, to keep " them from the prickings traws that ran oft through " the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened " hides."... | |
| David Hume - 1812 - Počet stránok 480
...town : So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed: As for servants, if they had any sheet above them...they any under their bodies to keep them from the prickling straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides.—The third thing... | |
| David Hume - 1818 - Počet stránok 488
...town: So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed: As for servants, if they had any sheet above them...they any under their bodies to keep them from the prickling straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides. — The third thing... | |
| Sir John Sinclair - 1818 - Počet stránok 684
...So well were they contented.—Pillows, said they, were thought meet only '"or women in child bed. As for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well; for seldom they had any under their bodies, to t-eep them from the prickling straws, that ran oft through th«... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - Počet stránok 742
...So well were they contented, that pillows (said they) were thought meet only for women in child-bed: as for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well ; for seldom had they »ny under their bodies to keep the pricking straws, that ran oft through the canvas and their hardened... | |
| Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1821 - Počet stránok 304
...lodged as the lord of the town. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in child-hedi As for servants, if they had any sheet above them...under their bodies 'to keep them from the pricking straws that ran often through the canvas, and rased their hardened hides. The third thing they tell... | |
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