| Esther Copley - 1834 - 254 páginas
...are all made by tha Dutch children for their own amusement; hence there is a proverb which says, ' The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking.' Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
| Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 282 páginas
...throw away ; and, with the exception of the banking, stockbroking set, which represents ihefermiers generaux of former days, do not seem fond of baubles....pleasure in breaking," I believe their bijouterie and nowieautes are chiefly manufactured. for the foreign markets. Of this I am certain, that there is not... | |
| Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 270 páginas
...away ; and, with the exception of the banking, stockbroking set, which represents the/ermierj gfneraux of former days, do not seem fond of baubles. It is...pleasure in breaking," I believe their bijouterie and nouveaules are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. Of this I am certain, that there is not... | |
| Thomas Bowring - 1841 - 156 páginas
...made by children ; and there is a rhyme more to their credit than to that of English children : — The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. Young people should learn to employ themselves in books and work, remembering that idle people are... | |
| Esther Copley, afterwards COPLEY HEWLETT (Esther) - 1841 - 248 páginas
...they are all made by the Dutch children for their own amusement; hence there is a proverb which says, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 páginas
...version of these common proverbial lines, given by Mr. Denham, p. 16. Clarty-paps are dirty sluts. The children of Holland Take pleasure in making What...the children of England Take pleasure in breaking. Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland. 188 VIII.—... | |
| Lessons - 1849 - 244 páginas
...Dutch children for their own amusement : hence there is a proverb which says, " The children of'Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking." Now I don't grudge the poor little Dutchmen getting rich by their play, but I see no reason in the... | |
| Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1854 - 272 páginas
...physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, what...children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
| Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1862 - 268 páginas
...physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
| Alexander Ronald Grant - 1870 - 160 páginas
...and make quantities of toys, which are sent over to England, to be sold. There is a saying that, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." The Dutch look rather old fashioned, not at all unlike Noah and his family in the arks you buy at the... | |
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