 It is a nest of wasps, or swarm of vermin which have overcrept the land. I mean the Monopolies and Pollers of the people : these, like the Frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our...  The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 941846Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1899 - 484 pages
...men,' said Culpepper, ' like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup,...our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the 1 C. y. ii. 32. * JBaillie, i. 273. dye-vat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub ; they share with the butler... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1899 - 542 pages
...profit gained by the Crown. " They sup in our cup," Colepepper said afterwards in the Long Parliament, " they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye-fat, the wash bowls, and the powdering tub. They share with the cutler in his box. They have marked... | |
 | Franklin Harvey Head - 1899 - 672 pages
...they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. . They sap in our cup; they dip in our dish; they sit by our fires. We find them in the dye fat, wash bowl and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his... | |
 | 1900 - 324 pages
...overcrept the laud. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup...our dish ; they sit by our fire. We find them in the dye-fat, washbowl, and powdering-tub. They share with the butler in his box. They will not bate us... | |
 | 1900 - 626 pages
...the land. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarcely a room free from them. They sup in our cup; they dip...they sit by our fire; we find them in the dye-vat and wash-bowl. They have marked and scarred us from head to foot. They will not vote us a pin; we may... | |
 | The Brotherhood of Liberty, Newport, Rhode Island - 1900 - 352 pages
...overcrept the land. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup;...our dish; they sit by our fire. We find them in the dye-fat, washbowl, and powdering-tub. They share with the butler in his box. They will not bate us... | |
 | 1900 - 1050 pages
...English monopolies : "Like the frogs of Egypt they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup; they dip in our dish; they sit by our fires. We find them in the dye fat, wash bowl and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his... | |
 | Franklin Harvey Head - 1900 - 682 pages
...extortionate demands. "Like the frogs of Egypt they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup; they dip in our dish; they sit by our fires. We find them in the dye fat, wash bowl and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pages
...these, like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have a room scarce free from them ; they sup in our cup, they dip in...our fire, we find them in the dye-vat, washbowl, and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his box ; they have marked and sealed us from head to... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 440 pages
...these, like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have a room scarce free from them; they sup in our cup, they dip in our...our fire, we find them in the dye-vat, washbowl, and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his box; they have marked and sealed us from head to foot.... | |
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