This woman, at no great distance, might have been taken for sixty or seventy, her figure was so bent, and her face so furrowed and hardened by labour; but she said she was only twenty-eight. The French Revolution 1789-1795 - Página 12por Bertha Meriton Gardiner - 1897 - 262 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Knight - 1861 - 654 páginas
...other taxes." The poor woman was only twenty-eight years of age, but she might, " at no great distance, have been taken for sixty or seventy, her figure was...and her face so furrowed and hardened by labour." She said that she heard that something was to be done by some great folks for such poor ones, but she... | |
| 1876 - 606 páginas
...poor ones, bat she did not hnow who nor how, but God send us better, car les failles et les droils nous ecrasent." This woman, at no great distance,...by labour ; but she said she was only twenty-eight. An Englishman, who has not travelled, cannot imagine the figure made by infinitely the greater part... | |
| 1876 - 604 páginas
...she did not know who nor how, but God send us better, car les failles et les droils nous fcraxent." This woman, at no great distance, might have been...by labour ; but she said she was only twenty-eight. An Englishman, who has not travelled, cannot imagine the figure made by infinitely the greater part... | |
| 1876 - 576 páginas
...folks for such poor ones, but she did not Tcnow who nor how, but God send us better, car les failles et les droits nous ecrasent." This woman, at no great...bent, and her face so furrowed and hardened by labour ; Jbut she said she was only twenty-eight. An Englishman, who has not travelled, cannot imagine the... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 456 páginas
...countrywomen in France." Arthur Young, who stops to talk with one of these in Champagne, says that " this woman, at no great distance, might have been...or seventy, her figure was so bent and her face so hardened and furrowed by labor, — but she said she was only twenty-eight." This woman, her husband... | |
| John Morley - 1877 - 468 páginas
...hill to ease his horse near Mars-le-Tour. Though the unfortunate creature was only twenty-eight, she might have been taken for sixty or seventy, her figure was so bent, her face so furrowed and hardened by toil. Her husband, she said, had a morsel of land, one cow, and... | |
| John Wilson (reviewer.) - 1881 - 482 páginas
...she did not know who nor how, but God send us better, car Us tallies el les droite nous tcrasent.' This woman, at no great distance, might have been...by labour; but she said she was only twenty-eight. An Englishman who has not travelled cannot imagine the figure made by infinitely the greater part of... | |
| University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus) - 1904 - 426 páginas
...the hardships of their life, of oppressive feudal dues and heavy taxes crushing them down, he says : "This woman at no great distance might have been taken...was so bent and her face so furrowed and hardened by labor, but she said she was only twenty-eight."2 There was a marked contrast between country and city.... | |
| Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner - 1890 - 310 páginas
...folks for such poor ones, but she did not know who nor how, but God send us better, " car les tallies et les droits nous e"crasent." This woman, at no great...were to be made by farming, it was impossible that there should be a good cultivation of the soil. The amount of capital employed on land in England was... | |
| Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 páginas
...foiled his manoeuvres at Grandpre' but a few days later ; the victory of Valuny saved the Republic. have been taken for sixty or seventy, her figure was...labour, — but she said she was only twenty-eight. An Englishman who has not travelled, cannot imagine the figure made by infinitely the greater part... | |
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