... it was not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the parliament of England against two nuisances ; and these were, Newcastle coals, in regard to their stench, &c., and hops, in regard they would spoil the taste of drink, and endanger... British Farmer's Magazine - Página 861844Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1839 - 564 páginas
...plant occurs :—" Hops were then grown to be a national commodity : but that it was not many years since, the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament of England against two nuisances, and these were Newcastle coals, in regard to * The wiser huswiues say, the utter want of... | |
| Henry Stephens - 1844 - 748 páginas
...only 200 years ago, and such errors are rife in all ages of the world, that " It is not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament of England against two nuisancies, and these were Newcastle coals, in regard of their stench, &c., and hops, in regard they... | |
| Richard Cowling Taylor - 1848 - 928 páginas
...old agricultural author, writing in 16-19, has the following passage : — " It was not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament...into great use and esteem : and that was, Newcastle coals, in regard of their stench, &c., and hops, in regaid they would spoyle the taste of drinck, and... | |
| 1900 - 676 páginas
...London petitioned the Parliament of England against two anuisances [sic], or offensive commodities were likely to come into great use and esteem, and that was Newcastle-coal in regard of their stench, &c., and Hops in regard they would spoyl the tast of drink... | |
| Henry Stephens - 1852 - 828 páginas
...period ; for Walter Blith records, in 1653, this remarkable popular error, that " It is not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the parliament of England against two nuisances, and these were Newcastle coals in regard to their stench, &c., and hops, in regard they... | |
| John Donaldson - 1854 - 264 páginas
...stated of a renovating pasturage. Blythe relates as a curious circumstance — " It is not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the parliament of England against two nuisances or offensive commodities which were likely to come into great use and esteem, and that was... | |
| Richard Cowling Taylor - 1855 - 658 páginas
...an old agricultural author, writing in 1649, has the following passage : — " It was not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament...into great use and esteem : and that "was, Newcastle coals, in regard of their stench, &c., and hops, in regard that they would spoyle the taste of drinck,... | |
| Richard Cowling Taylor - 1855 - 668 páginas
...an old agricultural author, writing in 1649, has the following passage : — " It was not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament...commodities, which were likely to come into great use and * WUlUmi's Mineral Kingdom. esteem : and that was, Newcastle coals, in regard of their stench, &c.,... | |
| Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson - 1855 - 434 páginas
...before 1649, the citizens of London are stated to have petitioned Parliament against two nuisances or offensive commodities which were likely to come into great use and esteem, and these were, " Newcastle coals, on account of their stench, &c., and hops, in regard they would spoyle... | |
| Richard Deakin - 1857 - 716 páginas
...Blith, in his " Improver Improved," published in 1649 and 1653, says, " that it was not many years since the famous city of London petitioned the Parliament of England against two nuisances ; and these were Newcastle coals, in regard to their stench, &c., and hops, in regard they... | |
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