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" ... there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. "
The Results of Machinery: Namely, Cheap Production and Increased Employment ... - Page 202
by Charles Knight - 1831 - 216 pages
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ...

Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...furniture as heretofore has heen impossible. There are old men living, in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England within their own remembrance. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected; whereas, in theif young days there...
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The Lollards: A Tale, Founded on the Persecutions which Marked the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gaspey - Fifteenth century - 1822 - 374 pages
...yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude...erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm ; (the religious houses and...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 12

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...furniture as heretofore was impossible. There are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered...within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected , whereas in their young days there were not above two or three, if so many,...
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The picture gallery explored; or, An account of various ancient customs and ...

Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...fine linen. There are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain,' says Holinshed, ' which have noted three things to be marvellously altered in England, within their sound remembrance; and other three things too, too much increased. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected : whereas,...
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The influence of interest and prejudice upon proceedings in parliament ...

Alexander Mundell - 1825 - 244 pages
...had arisen in his time. " There are (he says) old men yet living in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered...lately erected ; whereas in their young days there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm (the religious houses and...
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Castle Harcourt; or, The days of king Richard the third

L F. Winter - Historical fiction, English - 1825 - 784 pages
...men yet dwelling in the village where I remaine, which have noticed three things to be marvellouslie altered in England within their sound remembrance : one is, the multitude of chimnies la'telie erected, whereas, in their young daies, there were not above two or three, if so many, in...
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Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and ...

Emma Roberts - Great Britain - 1827 - 680 pages
...the mansions of the rich. There are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which hath noted three things to be marvellously altered in England...within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas in their young daies there were not above two or three, if so manie,...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 420 pages
...heretofore has been impossible : there are old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvellously altered...their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimneys lately erected ; whereas, in their young days, there were not above two or three, if so many,...
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An Historical Account of the ... Commission Appointed to Inquire Concerning ...

Nicholas Carlisle - Charities - 1828 - 352 pages
...yet dwelling " in the village where I remain, which " have noted three things to be marvel" lously altered in England within their " sound remembrance,— " One is, the multitude of Chimnies " lately erected,—whereas, in their young " days, there were not above two or three, " if so many, in most...
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A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the ..., Volume 2

John Holland - Ironwork - 1833 - 390 pages
...dwelling in the village where I remayne, who have noted three things to be marvelously altered in Englande within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude of chimnies lately erected ; whereas, in their younger dayes, there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish towns of the realm...
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