 | George Ellis - 1811 - 466 oldal
...it was well ; for " seldom had they any under their bodies, to keep " themfrom the prickings traws that ran oft through " the canvas of the pallet, and...from clay to lath and plaster, which was formed into pannels between the principal timbers ; to floors or pargets (as Harrison calls them, ie parquets)... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 oldal
...they had anie sheet above them it was well, for seldome had they anie under their bodies, to keepe them from the pricking straws that ran oft through...canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened hides. " The third thing they tell of, is the exchange of vessell, as of treene platters into pewter, and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 oldal
...them it was well ; for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking strawea that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened hides." Why was the hair of the goat one of the earliest articles employed in clothing ? Because, when mixed... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 oldal
...they had anie sheet above them it was well, for seldome had they anie under their bodies, to kecpc d to the act of Queen Elizabeth, which in 1597 nearly.anm'hilated an occupation so vilely associated and deg " The third thing they tell of, is the exchange of vessel!, as of treene platters into pewter, and... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 oldal
...sheet above them, it was well ; for seldom had tln-v anie under to keep them from the pricking straw, that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened hides. The next progressive exchange was treene (trencher) platters for pewter, and wooden spoons for silver... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 690 oldal
...they had anie sheet above them it was well, for seldome had they anie under Iheir bodie«, u, kéepe them from the pricking straws that ran oft through...the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened bides. " The third thing they tell of, is Ihe exchange of vcssell, as of treene platters into pewter,... | |
 | 1857 - 330 oldal
...under their heads, instead of a bolster or pillow Pillows were thought meet only for women in childbed. As for servants, if they had any sheet above them,...straws that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet." The third thing they tell of is the exchange of vessels, as of treen platters into pewter, and wooden... | |
 | John Leander Bishop - 1861 - 668 oldal
...and coarse coverlet, with a good round log instead of a bolster or pillow. An old annalist says : " As for servants, if they had any sheet above them...canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened hides." A mattress or flock-bed and sack of chaff for a pillow, were considered evidences of prosperity in... | |
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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 pricking straws that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet and rased their hardened hides. 
