| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 594 Seiten
...number," he says, "of them which purchased these superstitious mansions, reserved of these library books some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...not in small number, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of the foreign nations. I know a merchant man, which shall at this time be nameless,... | |
| John Hannett - 1837 - 254 Seiten
...them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve the jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some...boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers ; some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers but at times whole ships full, to... | |
| Jeremy Collier - 1840 - 550 Seiten
...regarded. A number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots, and some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders,... | |
| Jeremy Collier - 1840 - 552 Seiten
...regarded. A number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots, and some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders,... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1842 - 790 Seiten
...which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library, books some to serve the jakei, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots : some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers ; some they sent over sea to the book-binders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
| 1860 - 620 Seiten
...great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub...grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over the sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of... | |
| Charles Hulbert - 1844 - 122 Seiten
...purchased those superslitious mansions, reserved of those libraries, books — someto serve their jokes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots; some they sold to grocers and soap-sellers; at times, they sent whole ships full abroad." He adds — "Our posterity... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1845 - 576 Seiten
...great number of " them which purchased those superstitious mansions " reserved of those library books some to serve their " Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...in small number, but at " times whole ships full, to the wondering of the " foreign nations. Yea, the universities of this realm " are not all clear... | |
| Sir Henry Spelman - 1846 - 546 Seiten
...of them, took the libraries as part of the bargain and booty, — reserving of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...they sent over sea to the bookbinders ; not in small numbers, but at times whole shipfuls, to the wondering of foreign nations. And after he also addeth,... | |
| Thomas M'Crie - 1846 - 524 Seiten
...them which purchased these superstitious mansions (says bishop Bale) reserved of those library books, some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots, and some they sold to the grocers and soapsellers, and some they sent over the sea to bookbinders,... | |
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