 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 452 pages
...thou mightest well go all a. day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
 | James Franck Bright - 1889 - 442 pages
...mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the bind tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alma who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1894 - 398 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey and then shouldst never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who were at one while rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
 | 1896 - 824 pages
...a man sitting in town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and hutter ; for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. The following extract from... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1900 - 508 pages
...day's journey and thou shouldst never nod a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was cor n dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter; for there...in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land." 1 This is set down to the... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 538 pages
...dayls-joiirney nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was eem-dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land — wretched men starved with hunger — some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country — never... | |
 | Katharine Coman, E. K. Kendall - 1901 - 524 pages
...thou mightest well go all a day's journey, and thou shouldst never find a man sitting in a town or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and...in the land. Wretched men died of hunger; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land." Civil War. — The wretched... | |
 | William Lauriston Melville Lee - 1901 - 504 pages
...Full heavy year 1 This fine was called the " Murdrum." was this." And again, " then was corn dear, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land : wretched men starved with hunger : some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country, never... | |
 | William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole - 1905 - 504 pages
...brain. They put them in dungeons in which were adders, and snakes, and toads, and killed them so. ... Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter;...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
 | Samuel Bannister Harding - 1905 - 668 pages
...nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. . . . Then was corn [ie wheat] dear, and flesh, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land; — wretched men starved with hunger; some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich; some fled the country. Never was... | |
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... the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter: for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. 
