 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
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 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... | |
 | Arthur Jerome Eddy - 1901 - 722 pages
...overswept 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, wash-bowl and powdering-tub. They share with the butler in his box. They -will not bait us... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 610 pages
...they dip in our dish, they sit by 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. Mr. Speaker, they will not bate us a pin ; we may not buy our own clothes without their brokage ; these... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 466 pages
...dwellings, they sip in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit on our fire, we find them in our dye-fat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub, they share with the...they have marked and sealed us from head to foot, we may not buy our cloth without their brokerage; these are the leeches that have sucked the commonwealth,... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1903 - 368 pages
...overswept 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 ; they dip in our dish ; they sit by our fires. We find them in the dyefat, wash-bowl and powdering-tub. They share with the butler in his box.... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1903 - 584 pages
...Elizabeth. Everything became the subject of a monopoly. As was said afterwards in the Long Parliament, " They sup in our cup ; 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 have marked and sealed us from head to foot."... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 460 pages
...dwellings, they sip in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit on our fire, we find them in our dye-fat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub, they share with the...they have marked and sealed us from head to foot, we may not buy our cloth without their brokerage; these are the leeches that have sucked the commonwealth,... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - 1905 - 572 pages
...; they dip in our cup ; they dip in our dish ; they sit on our fire ; we find them in our dye-fat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub ; they share with the...; they have marked and sealed us from head to foot ; we may not buy our cloth without their brokerages."1 Other methods of extorting money were used,... | |
 | William Hyde Price - 1906 - 306 pages
...allusions : " These men, 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,...in our dish, they sit by our fire; we find them in our dye-vat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub; they share with the butler in his box, they have marked... | |
 | William Hyde Price - 1906 - 298 pages
...free from them. They sup in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire; we find them in our dye-vat, wash-bowl, and powdering-tub ; they share...marked and sealed us from head to foot. . . . They have a vizard to hide the brand made by that good law in the last Parliament of King James ; they shelter... | |
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