 | Esther Copley - 1834 - 254 pages
...are all made by tha Dutch children for their own amusement; hence there is a proverb which says, ' The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking.' Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 226 pages
...the passion for knick-knacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1836 - 608 pages
...the passion for knick-knacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking ;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 282 pages
...the passion for knickknacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking," I believe their bijouterie and nowieautes are chiefly manufactured. for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Thomas Bowring - 1841 - 156 pages
...made by children ; and there is a rhyme more to their credit than to that of English children : — The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. Young people should learn to employ themselves in books and work, remembering that idle people are... | |
 | Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 pages
...they are all made by the Dutch children for their own amusement; hence there is a proverb which says, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 pages
...version of these common proverbial lines, given by Mr. Denham, p. 16. Clarty-paps are dirty sluts. The children of Holland Take pleasure in making What...the children of England Take pleasure in breaking. Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland. 188 VIII.—... | |
 | Lessons - 1849 - 244 pages
...Dutch children for their own amusement : hence there is a proverb which says, " The children of'Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking." Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
 | Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1854 - 272 pages
...physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, what...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
 | Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1862 - 268 pages
...physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
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The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. 
