 | Saint Thomas More - 1808 - 334 páginas
...and refuseth all her benefits. This is their sentence and opinion of virtue and pleasure.* And they 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, or whole feathers." Prefixed to Holinshed's Chronicles, p. 188. * The... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 444 páginas
...man of the house, " had, within seven years after his marriage, pur" chased a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a " sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the " town; who, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed " of down or whole feathers. As for servants, if " they had... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 446 páginas
...man of the house, " had, within seven years after his marriage, pur" chased a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a " sack of chaff to rest his head upon,..." himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the * bag. Sax. (from whence daggle or draggle), any thing pendent, a shred. The term therefore seems to... | |
 | 1802 - 888 páginas
...of the house, had, with' in seven years after his marringe, ' purchased a mattress or flock bed, ' and thereto a sack of chaff to rest ' his head upon,...himself ' to be as well lodged as the lord of ' the town ; who, peradventure, ' lay seldom in a bed of down or ' whole feathers. As for servant«, ' if they... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1804 - 694 páginas
...bolster. If it were so that our fathers, or the good man of the house, had a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the lown, so well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in child-bed.... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 páginas
...bolster. If it were so that the father, or the good man of the house, had a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town : so well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed." In... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 480 páginas
...head instead of a bolster. If it were so, that the father or the good-man of the house had a mattrass or flock-bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town : So well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : As... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 páginas
...bolster. If it were so that the father or pood man of the house had a mattress or flock bed, and sheets, a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town. So well were they contented, that pillows (said they) were thought meet only for women in childbed... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 páginas
...bolster. If it were so that the father or pood man of the house had a mattress or flock bed, and sheets, a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town. So well were they contented, that pillows (said they) were thought meet only for women in childbed... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 466 páginas
...man of the house, " had, within seven years after his marriage, pur" chased a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a " sack of chaff to rest his head upon,..." himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the * baj. Sax. (from whence daggle or draggle) any thing pendent, a shred. The terra therefore seems to... | |
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If it were so that our fathers or the goodman of the house had within seven years after his marriage purchased a mattress or flock-bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town,... 
