 | 1881 - 136 pages
...day's journey and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and butter; for there was...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... | |
 | Richard Heath - 1882 - 376 pages
...journey, nor even shouldest thou find a single soul in a town or its lands tilled. " Then was corn 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... | |
 | David Morris (B.A.) - 1882 - 154 pages
...day's journey, or even thou shouldst see a man settled in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn 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 once been rich. Some fled the country. Never was there... | |
 | John Morrison Davidson - 1884 - 132 pages
...day's journey, and thou shouldest never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter ; for there...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... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1884 - 544 pages
...journey or ever thou shouldest see a man settled in a town, or its lands tilled .... " Then was corn 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 once rich. Some fled the country. Never was there... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1885 - 422 pages
...journey or ever thou shouldest see a man settled in a town, or its lands tilled. . . . " Then was corn 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 once rich. Some fled the country. Never was there... | |
 | Louise Creighton - 1886 - 88 pages
...and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they killed with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich ; some fled the country. Never was more misery,... | |
 | Mandell Creighton - 1886 - 744 pages
...and tortured them with pains unspeakable. Many thousands they killed with hunger. Then was corn dear, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men died with hunger; some lived on alms who before were rich; some fled the country. N ever was more misery,... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1887 - 540 pages
...journey or ever thou shouldest see a man settled in a town, or its lands tilled .... " Then was corn 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 once rich. Some fled the countiy. Never was there... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 456 pages
...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 cheese, and butter ; for there...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... | |
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Then was corn 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 there more misery, and never acted heathens worse... 
