 | Samuel Bannister Harding - History, Modern - 1905 - 668 pages
...nineteen years that Stephen was king, and ever grew worse and worse. . . . Then was corn [ie wheat] dear, and flesh, and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land; — wretched men starved with hunger; some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich; some fled the country. Never was... | |
 | William Stubbs - Constitutional history - 1906 - 408 pages
...day's journey nor ever wouldest thou find a man seated in a town or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land : wretched men starved with hunger ; some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich, some fled the country. Never was... | |
 | Edmund Dale - Anglo-Saxon literature - 1907 - 362 pages
...taxation. The Norman Clergy and never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and butter, for there was...in the land. Wretched men died of hunger. Some went begging who were at one time rich men; some fled out of the land. There was never more wretchedness... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1907 - 686 pages
...day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land — wretched men starved with hunger — some lived on alms who had been erewhile rich : some fled the country — never... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - Great Britain - 1908 - 830 pages
...day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land ; wretched men starved with confusion the country 79. Seizure of Ramsey abbey by a disorderly nobleman hunger ; some... | |
 | Edward Potts Cheyney - Great Britain - 1908 - 830 pages
...day's journey nor ever shouldest thou find a man seated in a town, or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the knd; wretched men starved with confusion of the country Anarchy and hunger ; some lived on alms who... | |
 | Charles Dawson (F. S. A.) - Hastings (England) - 1909 - 396 pages
...day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man seated in a town or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter ; for there...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who erstwhile were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had such misery been... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - Great Britain - 1912 - 398 pages
...day's journey and thou shouldst never find a man sitting in a town, or the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter: for there...the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land. Never yet had more wretchedness... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1913 - 824 pages
...sixty years, the Norman Williams, and Henry Beauclerc, and Stephen, oppressed the poor. "Then was corn dear, and flesh and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger. Some lived on alms who had once been rich. Some fled the country. Never was there... | |
 | Allen Rogers Benham - English literature - 1916 - 674 pages
...whole day's journey nor ever would you find a man seated in a town or its lands tilled. Then was corn dear and flesh and cheese and butter, for there was none in the land — wretched men starved — some lived on alms who had formerly been rich; some fled the country — never was there... | |
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Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter, for there was none in the land. Wretched men starved with hunger. Some lived on alms, who had been erewhile rich. Some fled the country. Never was there more misery, and never acted heathens worse... 
