 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 536 Seiten
...no more wonder, that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlem, in Judea, then I do wonder that so brave a prince as King James should be born in so stinking a town as Edenburg, in lousy Scotland. FINIS. INTRODUCTION i TO AULICUS COQUINARI.E. THE Aulicus Coquinaria is... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1870 - 546 Seiten
...with this achievement of courtly ribaldry: " The men of old did no more wonder that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlehem, in...and more substantial reproach against the Scots who followed the Court was, that they were a swarm of mendicants come to feed on the wealth of England.... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 726 Seiten
..."the men of old did no more wonder that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlem in Judea, than I do wonder that so brave a prince...should be born in so stinking a town as Edinburgh, in lowsie Scotland" — was still common in the south. Patriotism, that noble spirit which tired every... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 698 Seiten
...the men of old did no more wonder that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlem in Judea, than I do wonder that so brave a prince...should be born in so stinking a town as Edinburgh, in lowsie Scotland " — was still common in the south. Patriotism, that noble spirit which tired every... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1912 - 322 Seiten
...English point of view, were considered thr? necessaries of life. Sir Antony Weldon (1617) expressed wonder that " so brave a Prince as King James should be born in so stinking a town as Edinburgh, in lousy Scotland." Sir William Brereton complains of the noisome condition of the houses. He also states... | |
 | Eleanor Mabel Valentine Brougham (Hon.) - 1926 - 314 Seiten
...the men of old did no more wonder that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlem in Judea, than I do wonder that so brave a prince...should be born in so stinking a town as Edinburgh in lousy Scotland. . S1r Anthony Weldon, (who accompanied James on his return to Scotland in 1617). 1... | |
 | John Macleod - 2001 - 430 Seiten
...wholesome but for the stinking people that inhabit it ... I do wonder,' continues Weldon thoughtfully, 'that so brave a prince as King James should be born in so stinking a town as Edenburg in lousy Scotland.' When James discovered this book he was beside himself with rage, and Weldon... | |
 | Marsha Keith Schuchard - 2002 - 872 Seiten
...no more wonder, that the great Messias should be born in so poor a town as Bethlem, in Judea, then I do wonder that so brave a prince as King James should be born in so stinking a town as Edenburg, in lousy Scotland.41 Though Weldon was removed from his position, he was granted financial... | |
 | Philip Brett - 2006 - 268 Seiten
...did no more wonder that the great Messias should be borne in so poore a Towne as Bethlem in Judea, as I do wonder that so brave a Prince as King James should be borne in so stinking a Towne as Edenborough in lousy Scotland." 7 Such schoolboyish petulance pales... | |
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I do wonder that so brave a prince as King James should be born in so stinking a town as Edinburgh, in lowsy Scotland. 