| Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 pages
...their yoimg days, there were not above two or three, if so many, -in most uplandish towns of the realm. The second is, the great amendment of lodging : For, said they, our fathers, and we ourselves, have laid full oft upon straw-pallets, with a good round log under their head instead of a bolster. If it... | |
| David Hume - 1807 - 480 pages
...always excepted, and peradventure some great personage ;) but each made his fire against a reredosse in the hall where he dined and dressed his meat. The...fathers, and we ourselves, have lain full oft upon straw pallettes covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswaine or hopharlots (T use their own... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 pages
...make his fire against a reredoss [skreen] in the hall where he dressed his meet, and where he dined. The second is, the great amendment of lodging : for,...said they, our fathers and we ourselves have lain oft upon straw pallets covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of a dog's waine or horharriots... | |
| Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 pages
...make his fire against a reredoss [skreen] in the hall where he dressed his meet, and where he dined. The second is, the great amendment of lodging : for,...said they, our fathers and we ourselves have lain oft upon straw pallets covered only with a sheet, under coverlets made of a dog's waine or horharriots... | |
| Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 380 pages
...always excepted, and peradventure some great personage); but each made his fire against a rere-dosse in the hall, where he dined and dressed his meat. The second is, the great amendment In lodging: for, said they, Our fathers, and ourselves, have lain full oft upon straw pallets, covered... | |
| 1815 - 404 pages
...days there were not above two or three, if so many, in most of the uplandish towns. — The seeond is the great amendment of lodging; for, said they,...ourselves, have lain full oft upon straw pallets, eovered only with a sheet, under eoverlets made of dogswaineor hopharlots, and a good round log under... | |
| David Hume - 1819 - 368 pages
...always excepted, and peradventure some great personage); but each made his fire against a reredosse in the hall where he dined and dressed his meat. The...fathers, and we ourselves, have lain full oft upon straw pallettes covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswaineor hopharlots (I use their own... | |
| 1823 - 856 pages
...each made his fire against a rercdoss [skreen] in the hall, where he dressed his meat and dined. — The second is the great amendment of lodging ; for,...said they, our fathers and we ourselves have lain lull oft upon straw pallets covered only with a sheet, under coverlits made of a dogswame or horharriots... | |
| Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...excepted, and, peradventure, some great personages,) but each one made his fire against a reredosse in the hall, where he dined and dressed his meat. The second, is the great (although not general) amendment of lodging ; for, said they, our fathers, yea, and we also ourselves,... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...alwaies excepted, and peradventure some great personages) but ech one made his fire against a rere dosse in the hall; where he dined and dressed his meat. " The second fe the great (although not generall) amendment of lodging, for (said they) our fathers (yea and wee... | |
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