 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 600 páginas
...leaves ' gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts instead of straw.' This he learnt in Dauphiny and Switzerland, where he had slept on them to his great refreshment; but... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1818 - 622 páginas
...leaves ' gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts instead of straw.' This he learnt in Dauphiny and Switzerland, where he had slept on them to his great refreshment ; but... | |
 | 1819 - 630 páginas
...leaves ' gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts instead of straw.' This he learnt in Dauphiny and Switzerland, where he had slept on them to his great refreshment ; but... | |
 | 1825 - 422 páginas
...being gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts...together, they continue sweet for seven or eight years, before which time straw becomes musty and hard : they are thus used by divers persons of quality in... | |
 | 1825 - 404 páginas
...being gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts...together, they continue sweet for seven or eight years, before which time straw becomes musty and hard : they are thus used by divers persons of quality in... | |
 | George Johnston - 1829 - 636 páginas
...The leaves, gathered in autumn, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, " afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world, to lay under our...sweet for seven or eight years long, before which straw becomes musty and hard. They are thus used by diveis persons of quality in Dauphine ; and, in... | |
 | 1868 - 522 páginas
...this day in some parts of Europe, for filling beds. Evelyn says that ' its very leaves, which form a natural and most agreeable canopy all the summer,...which time straw becomes musty and hard. They are used by divers persons of quality in Dauphine; and in Switzerland I have sometimes lain on them, to... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 436 páginas
...being gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, afford the best and easiest mattresses in the world, to lay under our...long, before which time, straw becomes musty and hard. Thus they are used by divers persons of quality in Dauphine ; and in Switzerland I have sometimes lain... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 784 páginas
...Evelyn says that, " being gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, they afford the best and the easiest mattresses in the...they are thus used by divers persons of quality in Dauphine ; and, in Switzerland, I have sometimes lain on them to my very great refreshment. So as,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 794 páginas
...Evelyn says that, " being gathered about the fall, and somewhat before they are much frost-bitten, they afford the best and the easiest mattresses in the...lying together, they continue sweet for seven or eight yearslong; before which time, straw becomes musty and hard: they are thus used by divers persons of... | |
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... easiest mattresses in the world to lay under our quilts instead of straw ; because, besides their tenderness and loose lying together, they continue sweet for seven or eight years long, before which time straw becomes musty and hard. 
