 | English poets - 1801 - 446 pages
...poorest country people. " town ; who, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed " of down or whole feathers. As for servants, if " they had any sheet above them,...they any under their bodies, to keep " them from the pricking straws that ran ott through " the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened "hides."... | |
 | 1802 - 888 pages
...the town ; who, peradventure, ' lay seldom in a bed of down or ' whole feathers. As for servant«, ' if they had any sheet above them, ' it was well ;...' any under their bodies, to keep ' them from the pricking straws ' that ran oft through the canvass ' of the pallet, and rased their ' hardened hides.'... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1804 - 694 pages
...sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the lown, so well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were...they any under their bodies, to keep them from the pricking straws that ran through the canvas, and razed their hardened hides. " The third thing they... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 480 pages
...head instead of a bolster. If it were so, that the father or the good-man of the house had a mattrass or flock-bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest...they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvass, and rased their hardened hides. — The third thing... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 pages
...(said they) were thought meet only for women in childbed ; as for servants, if they had any sheets above them, it was well ; for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from pricking straws, that ran oft through the canvass and their hardened hides. The third thing they tell... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 pages
...(said they) were thought meet only for women in childbed ; as for servants, if they had any sheets above them, it was well ; for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from pricking straws, that ran oft through the canvass and their hardened hides. The third thing they tell... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 464 pages
...the lord of the " town; that, peradventure, lay seldom in a bed of " down or whole feathers.''—" As for servants, if " they had any sheet above them,...they any under their bodies, to keep " them from the prickings traws that ran oft through " the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened " hides."... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 466 pages
...country people. 2 " town ; that, peradvcnture, lay seldom in a bed of " down or whole feathers."—" As for servants, if " they had any sheet above them,..." seldom had they any under their bodies, to keep " themfrom the prickings traws that ran oft through " the canvas of the pallet, and rased their hardened... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 382 pages
...bolster. If it were so, that the lather, or the good man of the house, had a mattrass or flock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon,...they any under their bodies, to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvas, and rased their hardened hides. The third thing they... | |
 | Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn - 1814 - 380 pages
...sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the Lord of the town j so well were they contented. Pillows, said they, were...they any under their bodies, to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvas, and rased their hardened hides. The third thing they... | |
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Pillows, said they, were thought meet only for women in childbed : 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 canvass, and rased... 
