 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1775 - 280 pages
...the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe ; fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quack or pofe, wherewith very few were then acquainted." Not many years above fifty, French wine, in the Edinburgh... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 488 pages
...as the fmoke in thofe days was fupgofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good- man and his family from the quack or pofe, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted. Again in chap, xviii. Our pewterers in time paft... | |
 | Universalism - 1799 - 394 pages
...as the fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacks, or pofe, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted. Again, our pewterers, in time part,... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 444 pages
...heads did never ache. For as the smoke " in those days was supposed to be a sufficient " hardening for the timber of the house, so it was " reputed a...medicine to keep the good " man and his family from the quacke (ague?) or " pose ; wherewith, as then, very few were oft ac" quainted." (Description of England,... | |
 | John Baillie (of Newcastle.) - 1801 - 682 pages
...as the fmoke in thole days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardning for the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pofe, wherewith as then very few were acquainted." Our hiftorian proceeds : " There are old... | |
 | John Baillie - Newcastle upon Tyne (England) - 1801 - 642 pages
...as the fmoke in thole days was fuppofed to be a fuilicient hardning tor the timber of the houfe, fo it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pofe, wherewith as then very few were acquainted." Our hiftorian proceeds : " There are old... | |
 | Thomas Beddoes - Diseases - 1802 - 502 pages
...our heads did never ache. For as the smoake in those days was supposed tobe a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far...medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pose, wherewith, as then, very few wert oft acquainted. Harrison's Description of England.... | |
 | English poetry - 1802 - 888 pages
...heads did never ache. For ' as the smoke in those days was ' supposed to be a sufficient Irard' ening for the timber of the house, ' so it was reputed a...medicine to keep the good man ' and his family from the quack-e f (ague) or pose; wherewith, as then, ' very few were oft acquainted.' Description of England,... | |
 | William Granger - Characters and characteristics - 1807 - 538 pages
...fmoke in thofe days was fuppofed to be a fufficient hardening for the timber of the houfe, fo was it reputed a far better medicine to keep the good man and his family from the quacke or pcfc, Wherewith as then very few were acquainted." He then proceeds, " There are old men... | |
 | 1802 - 886 pages
...heads did never ache. For ' as the smoke in those days was ' supposed to be a sufficient hard' enmg for the timber of the house, ' so it was reputed a far butter ' medicine to keep the good man ' and his family from tho quacke ' (ague) or pose; wherewith,... | |
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Now have we many chimnies ; and yet our tenderlines complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the... 
