 The ordinary country houses are pitiful cots, built of stone, and covered with turves, having in them but one room, many of them no chimneys, the windows very small holes, and not glazed.  Memorials of John Ray: Consisting of His Life - Page 155by William Derham, James Edward Smith, Georges baron Cuvier, Aubert Aubert Du Petit-Thouars - 1846 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ray, William Derham - 1760 - 364 pages
...Coal-wort, which they call Keal) fometimes Broth of decorticated Barley. The ordinary Country Houfes are pitiful Cots, built of Stone, and covered with...one Room, many of them no Chimneys, the Windows very fmall Holes, and not glazed » In the moft ftately and famionable Houfes, in great Towns, inftead of... | |
 | 1823 - 876 pages
...decorticated barley. The ordinary country houses are pitiful cots, built of stone, and covered with turfs, having in them but one room, many of them no chimneys, the windows very small holes, and not glazed. The ground in the valleys and plains bears very good corn, but especially bears barley or bigge, and... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1826 - 1252 pages
...decorticated barley. The ordinary country houses are pitiful cots, built of stone, and forered with turfs, having in them but one room, many of them no chimneys, the windows very small holes, and not glazed. The ground in the valleys and plains bears very good corn, but especially bears barley or bigge and... | |
 | Alexander Taylor (of Muthill.) - 1827 - 336 pages
...nor drink. The ordinary country houses are pitiful cots, built with stones, and covered with turfs, having in them but one room; many of them no chimneys; the windows very small holes, and not glazed. The ground in the valleys ana plains bears very good oats and barley, but rarely wheat and rye." Yet... | |
 | John M'Ure - 1830 - 412 pages
...make it so bad. They use much pottage made of coal-wort, which they call keal, sometimes broth made of decorticated barley. The ordinary country houses...and fashionable houses, in great towns, instead of cieling, they cover the chambers with firr boards, nailed on the roof withinside. They have rarely... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 408 pages
...endure to hear their country or countrymen spoken against. They have neither good bread, cheese, nor drink. They cannot make them, nor will they learn....and fashionable houses, in great towns, instead of cieling, they cover the chambers with firr boards, nailed on the roof within side. They have rarely... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 pages
...one would wonder how they could contrive to make it so bad. They use much pottage made of coal- wort, which they call keal, sometimes broth of decorticated...and fashionable houses, in great towns, instead of cieling, they cover the chambers with firr boards, nailed on the roof within side. They have rarely... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 420 pages
...one would wonder how they could contrive to make it so bad. They use much pottage made of coal- wort, which they call keal, sometimes broth of decorticated...and fashionable houses, in great towns, instead of cieling, they cover the chambers with firr boards, nailed on the roof within side. They have rarely... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 pages
...coal-wort, •which they call keal, sometimes broth of decorticated barley. The ordinary country-houses are pitiful cots, built of stone, and covered with...and fashionable houses in great towns, instead of cieling, they cover the chambers with firr boards, nailed on the roof within side. They have rarely... | |
 | 1846 - 586 pages
...against. They have neither good bread, cheese, nor drink ; they cannot make them, nor will they learn. The ordinary country houses are pitiful cots, built...no chimneys, the windows very small holes, and not plazcd. In the most stately and fashionable houses in great towns, instead of ceiling, they cover the... | |
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