The Homes of Other Days: A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England from the Earliest Known Period to Modern Times

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Trübner & Company, 1871 - Architecture, Domestic - 511 pages

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Page 188 - After the sondry sesons of the yeer, So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe, And many a breem and many a luce in stewe.
Page 203 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 462 - I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendom doth use it, but only Italy.
Page 463 - For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meat out of the dish, they fasten their fork which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...
Page 31 - The present life of man, O king, seems to me, in comparison of that time which is unknown to us, like to the swift flight of a sparrow through the room wherein you sit at supper in winter, with your commanders and ministers, and a good fire in the midst, whilst the storms of rain and snow prevail abroad; the sparrow, I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the...
Page 471 - a the mischief — though The dishes were raised one upon another, As woodmongers do billets, for the first, The second, and third course, and most of the shops Of the best confectioners in London ransack'd To furnish out a banquet1, yet my lady Call'd me penurious rascal, and cried out There was nothing worth the eating.
Page 463 - This form of feeding I understand is generally used in all places of Italy, their forks being for the most part made of iron or steel, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is because the Italian cannot by any means endure to ha.ve his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean.
Page 415 - ... and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.
Page 462 - Italy, doe alwaies at their meales use a little forke when they cut their meate. For while with their knife which they hold in one hand they cut the meate out of the dish, they fasten their forke which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish...
Page 31 - I say, flying in at one door, and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm. But after a short space of fair weather he immediately vanishes out of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged.

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