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... in respect of the old abundance ; and in some places , as in the Fens , they burn turf , and the very dung of cows . Yet in the meantime England exports great quantity of sea - coal to foreign parts . In like sort England hath ...
... in respect of the old abundance ; and in some places , as in the Fens , they burn turf , and the very dung of cows . Yet in the meantime England exports great quantity of sea - coal to foreign parts . In like sort England hath ...
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... except in London , where they are of three and four , though but seldom of four ; they are built of wood ; those of the richer sort with bricks ; their roofs are low , and where the owner has money , covered with lead .
... except in London , where they are of three and four , though but seldom of four ; they are built of wood ; those of the richer sort with bricks ; their roofs are low , and where the owner has money , covered with lead .
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This sort of people confess themselves to be no gentle- men , but give the honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a certain pre - eminence and more estimation than labourers and artificers ...
This sort of people confess themselves to be no gentle- men , but give the honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a certain pre - eminence and more estimation than labourers and artificers ...
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no higher degree , and yet be to be exempted out of the number of the lowest sort thereof , be written esquires . So amongst the husbandmen , labourers , lowest and rascal sort of the people , such as be exempted out of the number of ...
no higher degree , and yet be to be exempted out of the number of the lowest sort thereof , be written esquires . So amongst the husbandmen , labourers , lowest and rascal sort of the people , such as be exempted out of the number of ...
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The better sort of craftsmen the baser . The shoemaker the cobbler . The cobbler the carman . One nice dame disdains her next neighbour should have that furniture to her house , or dainty dish or device , which she wants .
The better sort of craftsmen the baser . The shoemaker the cobbler . The cobbler the carman . One nice dame disdains her next neighbour should have that furniture to her house , or dainty dish or device , which she wants .
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Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan Prose John Dover Wilson Vista previa limitada - 1913 |
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