 | 1924 - 104 pages
...upon the Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse...former dominions, and to see so many private men who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful Baron, negotiating like princes far greater sums... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 pages
...the 'Change, I have often fancied one of our old Kings standing in Person, where he is represented in Effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy Concourse...is every Day filled. In this Case, how would he be surprized to hear all the Languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his former Dominions, and... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1262 pages
...Concourse of People with which that Place is every Day filled. In this Case, how would he be surprized to hear all the Languages of Europe spoken in this...Dominions, and to see so many private Men, who in his Time would have been the Vassals of some powerful" Baron, Negotiating like Princes for greater... | |
 | Gerald Edwin Se Boyar - 1925 - 456 pages
...our British Manufacture, and the Inhabitants of the Frozen Zone warmed with the Fleeces of our Sheep. the Languages of Europe spoken in this little Spot...Dominions, and to see so many private Men, who in his Time would have been the Vassals of some powerful Baron, negotiating like Princes for greater Sums... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...tutt'iutorno delle nicchie 0011 la statue dci sovrani iuglesi comiuciando da EdoarJo I fluo a course of people with which that place is every day filled. In this ease, how would he be surprised to hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1927 - 486 pages
...place was every day filled ; and he said to himself how the monarch, come to life again, would wonder to hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this...his former dominions, and to see so many private men negotiating like princes for greater sums than were formerly to be met with in the royal treasury !... | |
 | Walter James Graham - 1928 - 440 pages
...the 'Change, I have often fancied one of our old kings standing in person, where he is represented in effigy, and looking down upon the wealthy concourse...dominions, and to see so many private men, who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful baron, negotiating like princes for greater sums... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1922 - 496 pages
...place was every day filled ; and he said to himself how the monarch, come to life again, would wonder to hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this...his former dominions, and to see so many private men negotiating like princes for greater sums than were formerly paid into the royal treasury. The last... | |
 | Richard Braverman - 1993 - 366 pages
...our old Kings" would think of the scene at the Royal Exchange, he remarks how surprised he would be "to hear all the Languages of Europe spoken in this...Dominions, and to see so many private Men, who in his Time would have been the Vassals of some powerful Baron, Negotiating like Princes for greater Sums... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 pages
...in niches around the paved court of the Royal Exchange, Addison marvels at how surprised he would be to hear 'all the languages of Europe spoken in this little Spot of his former Dominions, and [seeing] so many private Men, who in his Time would have been the vassals of some powerful Baron, Negotiating... | |
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In this case, how would he be surprised to hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his former dominions, and to see so many private men, who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful baron, negotiating like princes... 
