 | Edward Pugh - 1806 - 688 pages
...often six oxen eaten at breakfast, and every taverne was full of his oieate, for hee that had anie acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and ro*t meatc, as he could pricke and carry upon a long dagger." In the front of a house in the upper... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 442 pages
...whose house there was six oxen eaten at a breakfast, and every taverne was full of his meate, for hee that had any acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and rost mcate, as he could pricke and rarry upon a long dagger." The memory of this king-making earl is... | |
 | 1838
...countries wherein he sojourned or lay ; and when he came to London he hspt such a house that six oxen were eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat, for who that had any acquaintance in that house ho had as much sod and roast as he might carry upon a long... | |
 | John Lingard - 1825 - 502 pages
...account of his hospitality. " When he came to London, he held such an house, " that »tx oxen were eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full " of his meat; for who that had any acquaintance in that house, " he should have had as much sodden (boiled) and roast,... | |
 | J. S. Forsyth - 1825 - 430 pages
...wherever he sojourned a day ; and when he came to London, he held such a house, that six oxen were eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat." The Earls of Douglas, in Scotland, before the fall of that great family, rivalled, or rather exceeded,... | |
 | Emma Roberts - 1827 - 572 pages
...London, there were often six oxen eaten at a breakfast, " and every taverne was full of his meate ; for he that had any acquaintance in that house might have there so much of sodden and rost mea'.e as he could pricke and carry updh a Ion;; dagger." Thirty thousand casual guests besides... | |
 | Henry Thomas - 1830 - 532 pages
...was often six oxen eaten at breakfast, and every taverne was full of his meat, for he that had anie acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and roast meate as he could pricke and carry upon a long dagger." In the front of the house, situated at the... | |
 | Henry Thomas (antiquarian.) - 1830 - 504 pages
...was often six oxen eaten at breakfast, and every taverne was full of his meat, for he that had anie acquaintance in that house, might have there so much of sodden and roast meate as he could pricke and carry upon a long dagger." In the front of the bouse, situated at the... | |
 | 1843 - 854 pages
...'When he сяте to London,' says Stow, in his Chronicle, 'he held such an house that six oxen were eaten at a breakfast, and every tavern was full of his meat ; for who that had any acquaintance in that house he should have had as much sodden and roast as he might... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1833 - 410 pages
...wherever he sojourned or lay ; and when he came to London, he held such an house that six oxen were eaten at a breakfast ; and every tavern was full of his meat, for who that had any ac. quaintancc in that house, he should have as much sod and roast as he might carry... | |
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... should have as much boiled and roast as he could carry on a long dagger. 
