 | Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 474 strani
...coming to it. He used to say to the country gentlemen, " At London you are like ships in a sea, you look like nothing ; but in your country villages you are like ships in rivers, which look like great things." He expressed also the same opinion in parliament, in one of... | |
 | 1830 - 428 strani
...And sometimes he would saylhustothem, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which shew like nothing ; but in your country villages you are...like ships in a river, which look like great things." JSooIt. I will make * prlef of it In my Note-liook. MW of Windsor. The Bibliographical and Retrospective... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1830 - 642 strani
...at London : " Gentlemen, " such is said to have been his address, " at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing ; but in your country villages, you are like ships in a river, which show like great things. " The illustration here is excellent. There was something better still in the... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - 1831 - 568 strani
...tells us, " with the country gentlctnen to go from London to their country seats ; and sometimes be would say to them, Gentlemen, at London you are like...king's revenue in this reign was about four hundred and fitly thousand pounds ; and his ordinary disbursements are said to have exceeded this sum thirty-six... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 strani
...country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country...like ships in a river, which look like great things." 8. Soon after the death of a great officer, who was judged no advancer of the king's matters, the king... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 strani
...houses in the city. He would often say -to the gentry, 'Sirs, at London you are like ships in asea, which show like nothing ; but in your country villages...like ships in a river, which look like great things.' Notwithstanding lliis, the increase of arts, pleasures, and social commerce, was just beginning to... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 strani
...country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them^" Gentlemen, at London you are like ships f at sea, which show like nothing ; but in your country...you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.'Vp 8. Soon after fhe death of a great officer, who was judged no advancer of the king's matters,... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 strani
...which restrained the building of goodly houses in the city. He would often say to the gentry, ' Sirs, at London you are like ships in a sea, which show...like ships in a river, which look like great things.' Notwithstanding this, the increase of arts, pleasures, and social commerce, was just beginning to produce... | |
 | 1842 - 404 strani
...their own advantage. The king would often say to them, ' Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in the sea, which show like nothing ; but in your country...like ships in a river, which look like great things.' London was at that time almost entirely built of wood, and a very ugly city. The earl of Arundel first... | |
 | David Hume - 1848 - 560 strani
...with the country gentlemen, to go from London to their country seats. And sometimes he would say thus to them : Gentlemen, at London you are like ships...like ships in a river, which look like great things '." He was not content with reproof and exhortation. As Queen Elizabeth had perceived with regret the... | |
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King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in a sea, which show like nothing ; but in your country villages... 
