 | Ernest Weekley - 1912 - 272 páginas
...is the Dutch for gridiron ; for a somewhat similar metaphor cf. cancel (p. 80). The pleasant fiction that — " The children of Holland take pleasure in...the children of England take pleasure in breaking," confirms the derivation of toy from Du. tuig, implement, thing, stuff, etc., a word, like its German... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 páginas
...to the dark tower came.1 (Edgar.) 130. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), King Lear, Act iii. sc. 4. The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. 131. Nursery Proverb. The choice and master spirits of this age. (Mark Antony.) 132. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE... | |
 | William Carroll - 1998 - 620 páginas
...the king's horses, Couldn't pull it up. Runs as smooth as any rhyme, Loves to fall but cannot climb. The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. (Pair of tongs) (Welcome) (Rainbow) (Henhouse) (Hair) (Bathtub) (Watch) (Well) (Water) (Toys) Warning... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 2005 - 1108 páginas
...Annabella. I shall have to write up in the nursery the verse that used to come in the boxes of toys — 'The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of Boston take pleasure in breaking.' Only I shall put Plumfield instead of Boston." "We never will again,... | |
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The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. 
