the greatest part of the buildings in the cities and good towns of England consisted only of timber, cast over with thick clay to keep out the wind. The new houses of the nobility were indeed either of brick or stone; and glass windows were then beginning... Works - Side 50af Maria Edgeworth - 1822Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| David Hume - 1807 - 552 sider
...HARRISON says, " the greatest part of our building " in the cities and good towns of England consisteth " only of timber, cast over with thick clay to keep out the " wind. Certes, this rude kind of building made the " Spaniards in queen Mary's days to wonder ; but chiefly... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1809 - 442 sider
...height of mountains — for a full account of the cabin of a couple of Alpine shepherdesses. of England consisted only of timber, cast over with thick clay...windows were then beginning to be used in England*:" and clean rushes were strewed over the dirty floors of the royal palace. In the impatience of my zeal... | |
| Dennis Taaffe - 1809 - 588 sider
...selfish island. " The greatest part of our building in the cities and good towns of England consisteth only of timber, cast over with thick clay to keep out the wind. Certes, this rude kind of building made the Spaniards in queen Mary's days to wonder; but chiefly when... | |
| David Hume - 1812 - 550 sider
...HARRISON says, " the greatest part of our building " in the cities and good towns of England consisteth " only of timber, cast over with thick clay to keep out the " wind. Certes, this rude kind of building made the " Spaniards in Queen Mary's days to wonder ; but chiefly... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 sider
...the buildings in the cities and good towns of England consisted only of timber, cast over with :liick clay to keep out the wind. The new houses of the nobility...either of brick or stone ; and glass windows were then fcginning to be used in England :" * and clean rushes were strewed over the dirty floors of the royal... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 sider
...great queen Elizabeth, " the greatest part of the buildings in the cities and good towns of England consisted only of timber, cast over with thick clay...and clean rushes were strewed over the dirty floors * See Philosophical Transactions, vol. Ixvii. part 2, Sir George Shuckburgh's observations to ascertain... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 sider
...great queen Elizabeth, " the greatest part of the buildings in the cities and good towns of England consisted only of timber, cast over with thick clay...and clean rushes were strewed over the dirty floors * See Philosophical Transactions, vol. Ixvii. part 2, Sir George Shuckburgh's observations to ascertain... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 492 sider
...Harrison says, " the greatest part of our building in the cities and good towns of England consisteth only of timber, cast over with thick clay to keep out the wind. Certes, this rude kind of building made the Spaniards in queen Mary's days to wonder ; but chiefly... | |
| James Gandon - 1846 - 326 sider
...by Holingshead: "The greater part of our buildings in cities and good towns of England, consisteth only of timber cast over with thick clay to keep out the wind, &c." These houses were framed with timber, the pannels wattled and pargetted over with coloured clay... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1847 - 680 sider
...that i cuybuiu' the greatest part of the cities and good towns of England then con- t^^^f/^ sis'ed only of timber, cast over with thick clay, to keep out the notuuy. wind.' The same author adds that the new houses of the nobility were commonly built of brick... | |
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