 | Cheshire (England) - 1858 - 424 pages
...but oak any whit 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...our men are not only become willow, but a great many (through Persian delicacy crept in among us), altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. In those... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1858 - 430 pages
...change; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses arc come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many (through Persian delicacy crept in among us), altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration. la those... | |
 | 1864 - 936 pages
...yet, see the change, for when our houses wore builded of willow, then had we oaken men, but now ilia; our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are...become willow, but a great many altogether of straw. Now have we many chimneys, and yet our tenderlines complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; thvn had... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - Charities - 1864 - 596 pages
...Houses wer* one? builded of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now houses are made of oak, and our mea not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration." * " Rcredos. doisel (rftablt, Fr. i poattvyule, ItaLi." according to Parker's Glossary of Architecture,... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1867 - 694 pages
...1508 remarks — " When our houses were built of willow, we hud oaken men, but now that our " bouses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but " a great many altogether of straw." 4. Woodward, or Forest-ranger. churches in England, and the local name Woodchurch, once much more prevalent... | |
 | James Robinson Nichols - Chemistry - 1867 - 140 pages
...meat. " But when our houses were built of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now our houses are built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether men of straw, which is a sore alteration." The quaint, humorous old writer would be called a " croaker"... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1868 - 418 pages
...unknown in the olden time. A writer in 1598 remarks — " When our houses were built of willow, we had oaken men, but now that our " houses are come to be...become willow, but " a great many altogether of straw." 4. Woodward, or Forest-ranger. churches in England, and the local name Woodchurch, once much more prevalent... | |
 | Frederick James Furnivall - Education - 1868 - 746 pages
...good old times : "And yet see the change, for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oko, our men are not onlie become willow, but a great manie through Persian delicacie crept in among... | |
 | Abraham Hume - Great Britain - 1869 - 126 pages
..." When our houses were built of willow, we had oaken men, but now that our " houses are come to he made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but " a great many altogether of straw," 4. Woodward, or Forest-ranger. churches in England, and the local name Woodchurch, once much more prevalent... | |
 | George Evertson Woodward - Architecture, Domestic - 1873 - 154 pages
..." ' But when our houses were built of willow, then we had oaken men ; but now our houses are built of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether men of straw, which is a sore alteration.' " The quaint, humorous old writer would be called a ' croaker'... | |
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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, our... 
