 | Great Britain - 1892 - 470 pages
...the reign of Elizabeth, Harrison, quoted by Holinshed, observes, ' Old men have noted three things marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude of chimnies—in their younger days there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish "... | |
 | George Latimer Apperson - England - 1907 - 250 pages
...statement on this point, for he says that old men living in the village where he resided remarked on " the multitude of chimnies lately erected, whereas in their young days there were not above two or three, if so many, in the most uplandish towns of the realm." As an exception to this... | |
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - England - 1910 - 430 pages
...the village where I remayn, which have noted three things to be marveylously altered 13 in Englande within their sound remembrance. One is, the multitude...of chimnies lately erected, whereas, in their young dayes there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish townes of the realme (the religious... | |
 | Jean Froissart, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison - England - 1910 - 446 pages
...heretofore hath been unpossible. 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, and other three things too too much increased. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected, whereas... | |
 | Jean Froissart, William Harrison, Thomas Malory - England - 1910 - 420 pages
...heretofore hath been unpossible. 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, and other three things too too much increased. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected, whereas... | |
 | Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn, George Bagshawe Harrison - Dramatists, English - 1923 - 140 pages
...country doth infinitely appear. 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, and other three things too too much increased. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected, whereas... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - Great Britain - 1923 - 696 pages
...well) doth infinitely appear. . . . 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 rememberance, and other three things too too much increased. One is the multitude of chimneys lately... | |
 | Buckinghamshire (England) - 1925 - 626 pages
...his ' Description of Britaine ' prefixed to Holinshed, observes, ' Old men have noted three things marvellously altered in England within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude of chimnies—in their younger days there were not above two or three, if so many, in most uplandish "... | |
 | John E. Crowley - Design - 2001 - 386 pages
...old men yet dwelling in the village where I remain, which have noted three things to be marvelously altered in England 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,... | |
 | American literature - 1832 - 564 pages
...gives the following account of the improvements in the building and furniture of houses in his time. "Neither do I speak this reproach of any man, as God...within their sound remembrance. One is the multitude of chimneys lately erected, whereas in their young days there were but two or three, if so many, in most... | |
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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. 
