 | William Trollope - Education - 1834 - 538 pages
...regarded. A number of them which purchas'd those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and sope-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1837 - 594 pages
..."A great number," he says, "of them which purchased these superstitious mansions, reserved of these library books some to serve their Jakes, some to scour...rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1837 - 564 pages
...regarded. A number of them, which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1837 - 562 pages
...regarded. A number of them, which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks,...rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, "but at times whole... | |
 | John Hannett - 1837 - 254 pages
...them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve the jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some...rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers ; some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers but at times whole... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1842 - 790 pages
...them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to serve the jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some...rub their boots : some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers ; some they sent over sea to the book -binders, not in small number, but at times whole... | |
 | Arthur George Harper Hollingsworth - Stowmarket (England) - 1844 - 296 pages
...Abbeys. STOW PRIESTS. " served their Jakes, with some they scoured their candlesticks, and some they took to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they sent over the sea to the book binders, not in small number, but at times whole ships' full. For more than ten... | |
 | American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library-books, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots ; some they sold to the grocers and soap-sellers, and some they sent over the sea to the bookbinders, not in small numbers, but at times... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1844 - 122 pages
...purchased those superslitious mansions, reserved of those libraries, books — someto serve their jokes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots; some they sold to grocers and soap-sellers; at times, they sent whole ships full abroad." He adds — "Our posterity... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - Great Britain - 1845 - 568 pages
...not any where regarded. — A great number of " them which purchased those superstitious mansions " reserved of those library books some to serve their...their boots ; some they sold to the grocers " and soap-sellers, and some they sent over sea to " the bookbinders, not in small number, but at " times... | |
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A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their Jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they... 
