 | Saint Thomas More - 1808 - 334 Seiten
...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...peradventure, lay seldom in a bed of down, or whole feathers." Prefixed to Holinshed's Chronicles, p. 188. * The whole of this is in a fine strain of thought and... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 444 Seiten
...our fathers, or the good man of the house, " had, within seven years after his marriage, pur" chased a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a " sack of chaff...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 Seiten
...our fathers, or the good man of the house, " had, within seven years after his marriage, pur" chased a mattress or flock bed, and thereto a " sack of chaff..." 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 Seiten
...so that our fathers, or the ' good man of the house, had, with' in seven years after his marringe, ' purchased a mattress or flock bed, ' and thereto a...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 Seiten
...their heads, instead of a 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...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 Seiten
...under their head instead of a 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...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 Seiten
...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 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 : As... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 382 Seiten
...instead of a bolster. If it were so, that the lather, 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... | |
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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 any under their bodies to keep them from the... 
