 I could not believe," said Petrarch of this time, "that this was the same France which I had seen so rich and flourishing. Nothing presented itself to my eyes but a fearful solitude, an utter poverty, land uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood...  History of the English People - Página 432por John Richard Green - 1879Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 554 páginas
...uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris manifested ev«ry where marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted; the roads...overgrown with weeds : the whole is a vast solitude. Mem. de Petrarque, t. iii. p. 541. 56 Subdued by those misfortunes, though Edward had made but CHAP,... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1832 - 412 páginas
...uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris manifested everywhere marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted; the roads...overgrown with weeds ; the whole is a vast solitude.' — Mem. de Petrarque, t. iii. p. 541." • Alas, alas ! will kings never learn that their game of... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 páginas
...uncultivated, house* in ruins. Kven the neighbourhood of Paris manifested every where marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted ; the...overgrown with weeds : the whole is a vast solitude. Mem. de Petrarque, t. iii. p. 541. are repeated still more emphatically in the eleventh, and some other... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1868 - 378 páginas
...uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris manifested everywhere marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted ; the...overgrown with weeds ; the whole is a vast solitude. The Peace of Calais. 45 ceded provinces, as well as Edward's right to the crown of France, should remain... | |
 | William Longman - 1869 - 422 páginas
...uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris manifested everywhere marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted ; the...overgrown with weeds; the whole is a vast solitude." l The King of England was not inclined, however, to besiege Paris in regular form at that time; for... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1870 - 496 páginas
...uncultivated, nouses in ruins. Even the neighborhood of Paris mauifested everywhere marks of destruction and conflagration. The streets are deserted; the roads overgrown with weeds: the whole is a vast solitnde. M.-m. de Petrarque, t. iii, p. Ml. , Michaclmas all their rights over them, and especially... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 páginas
...utter poverty, land uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris showed everywhere marks of desolation and conflagration. The streets...overgrown with weeds, the whole is a vast solitude." Both parties were at last worn out. Edward's army had fallen back, I ruined, on the Loire, when proposals... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 páginas
...utter poverty, land uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even the neighbourhood of Paris showed everywhere marks of desolation and conflagration. The streets...overgrown with weeds, the whole is a vast solitude." Both parties were at last worn out. Edward's army had fallen back, ruined, on the Loire, when proposals... | |
 | Emily Cooper - 1877 - 570 páginas
...found extreme poverty, lands uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even near Paris are marks of destruction. The streets are deserted, the roads overgrown with weeds ; the whole is a vast solitude.' The conditions of peace were hard. Edward required an enormous ransom for John and the other prisoners,... | |
 | Emily Cooper - 1877 - 566 páginas
...found extreme poverty, lands uncultivated, houses in ruins. Even near Paris are marks of destruction. The streets are deserted, the roads overgrown with weeds ; the whole is a vast solitude.' The conditions of peace were hard. Edward required an enormous ransom for John and the other prisoners,... | |
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