 For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men, no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to...  English Prose: Selections - Pagina 162geredigeerd door - 1893Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 pagina’s
...the finest, ' and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gen' tlemen, yea and certain abbotts, holy men no doubt, ' not contenting themselves with...their forefathers and ' predecessors of their lands, not being content that they ' live in rest and pleasure nothing profiting, yea much * knowing the weale... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1829 - 590 pagina’s
...and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men, God wot, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...rest and pleasure — nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal publick — leave no ground for tillage ; they enclose all into pastures, they throw... | |
 | 1829 - 586 pagina’s
...therefore dearest •Wool, there noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and curtain abbolt, holy men, God wot, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...rest and pleasure — nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal publick — leave no ground for tillage ; they enclose all into pastures, they throw... | |
 | Patrick Edward Dove - 1856 - 532 pagina’s
...dearest wool ; there, noblemen and gentlemen • — yea, and certain abbots^ holy men^ God wot! — not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...in rest and pleasure, nothing profiting, yea, much annoying the weal public, leave no ground for tillage. They enclose all into pastures, they throw down... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 pagina’s
...look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...profiting, yea, much noying the weal public, leave no Erasmaa. * 4 Hen. VIL, cap. 16. t 4 Hen. VIL, cap. 19. 248 POPULATION— AGRICULTURE. [1509. ground... | |
 | Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - 1870 - 412 pagina’s
...More complained : — ' Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, not contenting tbemselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures ; they throw down houses ; they pluck down... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 562 pagina’s
...look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lauds, nor being content that they live in rest and pleasure, nothing profiting, yea, much noying the... | |
 | Emile de Laveleye - 1878 - 482 pagina’s
...Sir Thomas More echoes the same complaints:—" Noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and even certain abbots, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues...their forefathers and predecessors of their lands, leave no ground for tillage. They inclose all into pastures; they throw down houses; they pluck down... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1881 - 704 pagina’s
...look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there, noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...tillage. They inclose all into pastures ; they throw down liouses ; they pluck down towns, and leave nothing standing, but only the church to be made a sheep-house.... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pagina’s
...... In what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore the dearest wool, these noblemen and gentlemen, yea, and certain abbots, holy men,...no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly . . . profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers, . . . leave no ground for tillage ; they... | |
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