| Edward Duffield Neill - 1886 - 462 páginas
...mean the monopolies. These like the frogs of Egypt have gotten possession of our dwellings, we have scarce a room free from them They sup in our cup,...our dish, they sit by our fire. We find them in the dye vat, wash bowl, and powdering tub, etc., etc." He was subsequently Master of the Rolls and one... | |
| Edward Duffield Neill - 1886 - 458 páginas
...mean the monopolies. These like the frogs of Egypt have gotten possession of our dwellings, we have scarce a room free from them They sup in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by oar fire. We find them in the dye — ' vat, wash bowl, and powdering tub, etc., eto/'_^ <£ jt*£—... | |
| Stephen Dowell - 1888 - 290 páginas
...could say : ' These men, like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. . They sup in our cup,...they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dye-vat, the wash-bowls, and the powdering tub ; they share with the butler in his box ; they have marked and... | |
| William Wilson Cook - 1888 - 132 páginas
...overcrept the land. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup...our dish ; they sit by our fire. We find them in the dye-fat, wash-bowl, and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his box. They will not bate us... | |
| Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1888 - 306 páginas
...place. It was paralleled by Colepepper, speaking of monopolists, in the Long Parliament, when he said, "They sup in our cup; they dip in our dish; they sit by our fire; we find them in the dye-fat, the wash-bowls, and the powdering-tub." Hence, it must have electrified Bacon's contemporaries,... | |
| 1902 - 708 páginas
...the historian Green in referring to the monopolies, are equally applicable to the trusts with us : "They sup in our cup ; they dip in our dish ; they sit by our fire ; we find them in the dyefat and the wash-bowls. They share with the cutler in his box. They have marked and sealed us from... | |
| 1891 - 546 páginas
...overcrept the land. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten " possession of our dwellings and we have scarce a room free from them. " They sup in our cup...dish, they sit by our fire. We " find them in the dye fat, washbowl and powdering tub. They share " with the butler in his box. They will not bate us... | |
| William Wilson Cook - 1891 - 286 páginas
...overcrept the land. Like the frogs of Egypt, they have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup,...our dish, they sit by our fire. We find them in the dye fat, washbowl, and powdering tub. They share with the butler in his box. They will not bate us... | |
| Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland - 1891 - 428 páginas
...their own prices for the most necessary commodities, like soap and salt, a member of Parliament said, " They sup in our cup, they dip in our dish, they sit by our fire; we find them in the dye-vat, the wash-bowls and the powdering-tub. They have marked and sealed us from head to foot. * in sentiment,... | |
| John Selden - 1892 - 328 páginas
...of the people ; these, like the frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup....our dish. They sit by our fire. We find them in the Dye-fat, Wash-bowl, and Powdringtub. They share with the butler in his box. They have marked and sealed... | |
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