 | Thomas Webster, Mrs. William Parkes - 1855 - Страниц: 1244
...bolster. If it were so, that the father or the good man of the house had a mattress or a flock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...the lord of the town. So well were they contented ON HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Pillows (said they) were thought meet only for women in childbed. As for servant«,... | |
 | François Guizot - 1855 - Страниц: 368
...good man of the house had, within seven years after his marriage, purchased a mattress or stock-bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town.' "* But Elizabeth ascended the throne, and Shakspeare tells us that the busiest employment of the elves... | |
 | David Hume - 1856 - Страниц: 513
...lain .full oft upon straw pallettes covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswaine or hopharlots, (I use their own terms,) and a good round...were they contented; 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... | |
 | David Hume - 1856 - Страниц: 550
...oft upon straw pallettes covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswaine or hophaiiots, (I use their own terms,) and a good round log under...were they contented. 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... | |
 | Страниц: 1008
...with a sheet ; and if so be 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. As for pillows, indeed, they were thought fit only for women in childbed ! The third thing was the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - Страниц: 554
...of these times, affirms, that if a man in seven years after marriage could purchase a flock bed, and a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself as well lodged as the lord of the town, " who pcradvent4}re lay seldom on a bed entirely of feathers."... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - Страниц: 592
...of these times, affirms, that if a man in seven years after marriage could purchase a flock bed, and a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself as well lodged as the lord of the town, " who peradventure lay seldom on a bed entirely of feathers."... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - 1858 - Страниц: 1134
...the common people in Mary's reign, says, " If the master of the house had a mattrass 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. Pillows were thought meet only for women in childbed ; and as for servants, if they had any sheet above... | |
 | David Hume - 1858 - Страниц: 514
...of a bolster. If it were so, that the father or the goodman of the house had a matrass or noclc-bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to IIP as well lodged as the lord of the town, so well were they iontented. Pillows, said they, were thought... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - 1858 - Страниц: 590
...the common people in Mary's reign, says, " If the master of the uousc had a mattra&s or flock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thoujiht himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town. Pillows were thought me*t only for women... | |
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If it were so, that the father or the goodman of the house had a matrass 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, so well were they contented. 
