 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 oldal
...consistent total abstainers — the work of but a few years. ENGLISHMEN AND DRINK. — De Foe says, there is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman...till he has got his pockets full of money, and then to go and be idle, or perhaps drink till it is all gone. From thence comes poverty, parish charges,... | |
 | John Wade - 1833 - 674 oldal
...wretchedness. " We are," says this shrewd observer, " the most lazy diligent nation in the world : there is nothing more frequent, than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle, or perhaps, drunk, till it is all gone. I once paid... | |
 | 1836 - 702 oldal
...their wretchedness, " We are," says thn shrewd ol server, " ihe most lazy diligent nation in the world: there is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman to work till' he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle, or perhaps drunk, till it is all gone. I once paid six... | |
 | 1838 - 444 oldal
...year 1704, that' We are the most' lazy,'' diligent' people in the world. There is nothing more common, than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pockets full of money, and then go and idle, or get drunk till it is all gone. 1 once paid six or seven men together, on a Saturday night,—the... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1839 - 564 oldal
...is equally applicable in the present day :—"They are the most lazy-diligent nation in the world. There is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman...till he has got his pockets full of money, and then to go and be idle, or perhaps drink, till it is all gone. I once paid six or seven men together on... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 542 oldal
...description is equally applicable in the present day : " They are the most lazy-diligent nation in the World. There is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman...till he has got his pockets full of money, and then to go and be idle, or perhaps drink, till it is all gone. I once paid six or seven men together on... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 1078 oldal
...the most lazy-diligent nation iii the world. There is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman lo work till he has got his pockets full of money, and then to go and be idle, or perhaps drink, till it is all gone. I once paid six or seven men together on... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 540 oldal
...live where the other starves or goes a-begging. We are the most lazy diligent nation in the world : there is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle, or perhaps drunk, till it is all gone, and perhaps himself... | |
 | 1842 - 368 oldal
...intoxicating drink. In 1704, near one hundred and forty years ago, Daniel Defoe writes as follows : " There is nothing more frequent, than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle, or perhaps drunk, till it is all gone. I have paid six... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1850 - 470 oldal
...says for England in the nineteenth century 1 " We are the most lazy diligent nation in the world ; there is nothing more frequent than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then to go and be idle, or perhaps drunk, till it is all gone, and perhaps... | |
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But there is a general taint of slothfulness upon our poor. There's nothing more frequent, than for an Englishman to work till he has got his pocket full of money, and then go and be idle, or perhaps drunk, till 'tis all gone... 
