 | David Hume - 1775 - 400 pagina’s
...houfes were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our boufes are come to be madeofoak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of draw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fuificient defence to keep the houfe in fafety j but now the... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 438 pagina’s
...were buildcd of willow, then had we oaken men; but now that our huufes are come to be made of oak , our men are not only become willow , but a great many altogether of ftraw , which is a fore alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fufficient defence to keep... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 488 pagina’s
...were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houfes are come to be made, of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether offtraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fufficient defence to... | |
 | 482 pagina’s
...were builded of willow, then had we oalcen men ; but now, that our houfes are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of ftraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe, the coitrage of the owner was a fufficient defence to... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 pagina’s
...were builded of willow, then had we oaktn men ; but now that our houfes are come te be made of oak, our men are not only become willow» but a great many altogether of ftraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe, the courage of the owner wat a fufficient defence to keep... | |
 | 1799 - 394 pagina’s
...were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houfes are come to be made of oak1, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of ftraw, which is a fore alteration. In thefe the courage of the owner was a fufficient defence to keep... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 480 pagina’s
...were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 pagina’s
...were built of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now, when our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 pagina’s
...were built of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now, when our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In these, the courage of the owner was a sufficient defence to keep... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 288 pagina’s
...builded of " willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are " come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, " but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." Holingshed, Description of Britain, chap. xvi. If Holingshed complained... | |
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... palaces, navigation, &c. ; but now sallow, &c., are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak,... 
