| Thomas Douglas Earl of Selkirk - 1805 - 318 pages
...crimes in England, which he introduces 2 in the first book of Utopia, he expresses himself as follows: ' Your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame,...great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and swal* low down the very men themselves. They consume, e destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and... | |
| 1829 - 586 pages
...Utopia, — 4 Your sheep,' says he, ' that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, -now become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat...destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities ; for look in what part of the realm doth grow the" finest, and therefore dearest •Wool, there noblemen... | |
| 1829 - 590 pages
...in beautiful and glowing language by Sir Thomas More, in his Utopia, — ' Your sheep,' says he, ' that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves. They... | |
| Philip Miller - 1834 - 250 pages
...in his Utopia, " that were wont to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves." " One covetous and unsatiable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - 1844 - 1210 pages
...More in his Utopia, that were wont to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves." — "One covetous and unsalable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Patrick Edward Dove - 1856 - 532 pages
...beautiful and glowing language by Sir Thomas More, in his Utopia. " * Your sheep,' says he, < which were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now become so great devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves.... | |
| Charles Knight - 1857 - 560 pages
...man's hold and hands, that of old time were wont to be in many several persons' holds and hands, and many several households kept in them, and thereby...destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities : for look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there,... | |
| Cuthbert William Johnson - 1869 - 1296 pages
...Utopia, "that were want to be so meek and tame, and such small eaters, are now become such рте at devourers, and so wild, that they eat up and swallow down the very men themselves."— "One covetous and uusatiable cormorant, and very plague of his native country, compasses about and... | |
| Charles Knight - 1874 - 556 pages
...man's hold and hands, that of old time were wont to be in many several persons' holds and hands, and many several households kept in them, and thereby...men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour wholo fields, houses, and cities : for look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore... | |
| Charles Knight - 1874 - 562 pages
...is the process of which More so bitterly complains, but of which he judged with the half- knowledge of his time on all economical questions. " Forsooth,...destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities : for look, in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest and therefore dearest wool, — there,... | |
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