 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1775 - 280 Seiten
...the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe ; fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quack or pofe, wherewith very few were then acquainted." Not many years above fifty, French wine, in... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 438 Seiten
...the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe ; fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quake or pofe , wherewith , as then , very few were acquainted. Again, in chap, xviii. Our pewterers... | |
 | 482 Seiten
...as the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacks or pofe ; wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted. Again, our pewterers in time pall employed... | |
 | 1802 - 700 Seiten
...' fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to ' be a fuflicient hardening for the timber ' of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far ' better medicine to keep the good man ' and his family from the quacke ' (ague), orpafe; wherewith, as then, ' very few were oft acquainted.' (Defcription of England, p.... | |
 | 1799 - 394 Seiten
...as the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacks, or pofe, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted. Again, our pewterers, in time part,... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 444 Seiten
...I. p. 90, edit. '764) says1 lllat tnev were first introduced into England AD 1180. " and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke " in those days was...keep the good " man and his family from the quacke (ague?) or " pose ; wherewith, as then, very few were oft ac" quainted." (Description of England, p.... | |
 | John Baillie - 1801 - 642 Seiten
...as the fmoke in thole days was fuppofed to be a fufficieot hardning tor the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pofe, wherewith as then very few were acquainted." Our Our hiftorian proceeds : " There are old men... | |
 | William Granger - 1807 - 538 Seiten
...fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo was it reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pcfc, Wherewith as then very few were acquainted." He then proceeds, " There are old men yet dwelling... | |
 | 1802 - 888 Seiten
...rheums, catarrhs, nnd poses ' (colds in the head). Then lisa ' we none but reredosscs J/ and ' our heads did never ache. For ' as the smoke in those days was ' supposed to be a sufficient Irard' ening for the timber of the house, ' so it was reputed a far better ' medicine to keep the good... | |
 | 1802 - 886 Seiten
...heads did never ache. For ' as the smoke in those days was ' supposed to be a sufficient hard' enmg for the timber of the house, ' so it was reputed a far butter ' medicine to keep the good man ' and his family from tho quacke ' (ague) or pose; wherewith,... | |
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Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the... 
