I) your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up, and swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses... Exercises and Problems in English History, 1485-1820: Chiefly from Original ... - Página 281913 - 174 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 páginas
...crimes in England, which he introduces 2 in the first book of Utopia, he expresses himself as follows: ' Your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame,...great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and swal* low down the very men themselves. They consume, e destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and... | |
| 1829 - 586 páginas
...Utopia, — 4 Your sheep,' says he, ' that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, -now become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat...whole fields, houses, and cities ; for look in what part of the realm doth grow the" finest, and therefore dearest •Wool, there noblemen and gentlemen,... | |
| 1829 - 590 páginas
...in beautiful and glowing language by Sir Thomas More, in his Utopia, — ' Your sheep,' says he, ' that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves. They... | |
| Philip Miller - 1834 - 250 páginas
...in his Utopia, " that were wont to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves." " One covetous and unsatiable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - 1844 - 1210 páginas
...More in his Utopia, that were wont to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves." — "One covetous and unsalable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Patrick Edward Dove - 1856 - 532 páginas
...beautiful and glowing language by Sir Thomas More, in his Utopia. " * Your sheep,' says he, < which were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now become so great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves.... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - 1869 - 1296 páginas
...Utopia, "that were want to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such рте at devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves."— "One covetous and uusatiable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Charles Knight - 1874 - 556 páginas
...his time on all economical questions. "Forsooth, my lord, quoth I," — he is addressing Morton, — "your sheep, that were wont to be so meek and tame,...men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour wholo fields, houses, and cities : for look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore... | |
| Thomas Edward Scrutton - 1887 - 208 páginas
...England1: — " Your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters now have beoome so great devourers and so wild that they eat up and...whole fields, houses and cities. For look in what part of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, there noble men and gentlemen yea... | |
| Thomas Edward Scrutton - 1887 - 202 páginas
...had published his Utopia, and the first book set out complaints as to the realm of England 1 :— " Your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters now have become so great devourers and so wild that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves.... | |
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