 | 1849 - 700 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses, and danger also that it would break into the cellars. Goods were therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in tracks drawn by dogs ; and the richest inhabitants exhibited their wealth , not by riding in gilded... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 1052 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...by riding in gilded carriages, but by walking the streete with trains of servants in rich liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with good cheer. The... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1864 - 816 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...in rich liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with pood cheer. The pomp of the christenings and burials far exceeded what was seen at any other place... | |
 | French examination papers - 1863 - 282 sivua
...of no great solidity. If a coach or cart entered these alleys, there was danger that it would break cellars. Goods were therefore conveyed about the town...liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with good cheer.— (Macaulay's History of England.) Oxford Local Examinations. June 1860» Junior Candidates. [NB Candidates... | |
 | 1874 - 802 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in tracks drawn by dogs ; and the richest inhabitants exh1bited their wealth, not by riding in gilded... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 510 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...cheer. The pomp of the christenings and burials far exceededwhat was seen at any other place in England. The hospitality of the city was widely renowned,... | |
 | F. Walter Savage - 1878 - 294 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of na great solidity. If a coach or cart entered these alleys, there was danger that it would break in the cellars. Goods were therefore...liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with, good cheer. MACAULAY'S History of England. III. Trauslate into French the following sentences, and refer them to... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 sivua
...lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses,...liveries, and by keeping tables loaded with good cheer. s. The pomp of the christenings and burials far exceeded what was seen at any other place in England.... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1881 - 428 sivua
...surrounded by a labyrinth of narrow lanes, through which a coach or cart could with difficulty pass along; goods were therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. As even the chief merchants could not use carriages when they went abroad, they walked on foot, attended... | |
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A few churches of eminent beauty rose out of a labyrinth of narrow lanes built upon vaults of no great solidity. If a coach or a cart entered those alleys, there was danger that it would be wedged between the houses, and danger also that it would break... 
