 Lane; in whose house there was oftentimes six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat: for he that had any acquaintance in that house might have there so much of sodden and roast meat as he could prick and carry upon a long dagger.  Works - Page 170by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 686 pages
...adorned with his ragged staff." Stow / (Annals) says that " at his house in London six oxen were usually eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for who that had any acquaintance in his family should have as much sodden and roast as he could carry... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding, William Fletcher Harding - 1909 - 402 pages
...power. He kept so many followers that " when .he came to London he held such a house that six oxen were eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for who had any acquaintance in that house he should have as much boiled and roast as he might carry... | |
 | Jane Felton Sampson - 1911 - 454 pages
...red coats and wearing his insignia! Stow says that at the Earl's London house six oxen were usually eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for who that had any acquaintance in his family should have as much sodden and roast as he could carry... | |
 | 1920 - 184 pages
...describing the state which the Earl kept, relates that in his house " there was oftentimes six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for he that had any acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and roast meat,... | |
 | 1867 - 656 pages
...staves before and behind, was lodged in Warwicke Lane; in whose house there was oftentimes six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for he that had any acquaintance in that house, might have as much of sodden or roasted meat as he... | |
 | 1842 - 528 pages
...staffs before and behind, and was lodged in Warwick Lane, in whose house there was oflimes six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat ; so that he that had any acquaintance in that house might have there as much of sodden and of roast... | |
 | 1890 - 340 pages
...staves before and behind, and was lodged in Warwicke lane; in whose house there was oftentimes six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat ; for he that had any acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and roast meat... | |
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