Home Life Under the Stuarts, 1603-1649

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G. Richards, 1903 - Всего страниц: 312
 

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Стр. 232 - She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Стр. 292 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Стр. 292 - The green hath two pleasures : the one, because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the garden...
Стр. 22 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
Стр. 303 - As for the making of knots, or figures, with divers coloured earths, that they may lie under the windows of the house on that side which the garden stands, they be but toys ; you may see as good sights many times in tarts.
Стр. 305 - Next to that is the musk-rose. Then the strawberry leaves dying, with a most excellent cordial smell. Then the flower of the vines : it is a little dust like the dust of a bent, which grows upon the cluster in the first coming forth.
Стр. 21 - As I was going by Charing Cross, I saw a black man upon a black horse ; They told me it was King Charles the First; Oh dear ! my heart was ready to burst ! 17.
Стр. 305 - How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we ! How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers...
Стр. 226 - London in her life ; the wisdom and frugality of that time being such, that few gentlemen made journeys to London, or any other expensive journeys, but upon important business, and their wives never; by which providence they enjoyed and improved their estates in the country, and kept good hospitality in their houses, brought up their children well, and were beloved by their neighbours...
Стр. 184 - custom was, he called to rise, but began to discourse ' with me first, to which I made no reply ; he rose, ' came on the other side of the bed and kissed me, and ' drew the curtains softly and went to Court.

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