 Candles, indeed !' she would have said,' who ever heard of such a thing ? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste, as I have provided gratis ! What will the wretches want next ?' The daylight, furnished gratis, was certainly ' undeniable...  The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey - Side 11af Thomas De Quincey - 1890Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1892 - 212 sider
...asking for candles. " Candles, indeed ! " she would have said ; " who ever heard of such a thing ? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste,...luxurious period, called those men lucifugce, and by 5 other ugly names, who lived chiefly by candle-light. None but rich and luxurious men, nay, even amongst... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1892 - 188 sider
...nations asking for candles. " Candles, indeed ! " she would have said; " who ever heard of such a thing ? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste,...luxurious period, called those men lucifugce, and by 5 other ugly names, who lived chiefly by candle-light. None but rich and luxurious men, nay, even amongst... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 492 sider
...gratis! What will the wretches want next?" 25 The daylight, furnished gratis, was certainly neat and undeniable in its quality, and quite sufficient for...own luxurious period, called those men " lucifugce " (light-shunners), and by other ugly names, who lived chiefly by candlelight, so None but rich and... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 488 sider
...nations asking for candles. " Candles !" she would have said; " who ever heard of such a thing? — and with so much excellent daylight running to waste...provided gratis! What will the wretches want next?" 25 The daylight, furnished gratis, was certainly neat and undeniable in its quality, and quite sufficient... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 sider
...nations asking for candles. " Candles ! " she would have said ; " who ever heard of such a thing ? — and with so much excellent daylight running to waste...provided gratis ! What will the wretches want next ? " 8. The daylight, furnished gratis, was certainly neat and undeniable in its quality, and quite... | |
 | Mary Ellen Chase, Frances Kelley Del Plaine - 1926 - 520 sider
...nations asking for candles. 'Candles, indeed!' she would have said; 'who ever heard of such a thing? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste,...provided gratis! What will the wretches want next?' " Something of the same situation prevailed even in Bodo's time. This, then, is how Bodo and Ermentrude... | |
 | Eileen Edna Power - 2000 - 258 sider
...nations asking for candles. "Candles indeed!" she would have said; "who ever heard of such a thing? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste,...have provided gratis\ What will the wretches want next?'"4 Something of the same situation prevailed even in Bodo's time. This, then, is how Bodo and... | |
 | 1856 - 1252 sider
...nations asking for candles. " Candles, indeed !" she would have said ; " who ever heard of such a thing? and with so much excellent daylight running to waste...provided gratis! What will the wretches want next?" The Romans, therefore, who saw no joke in sitting round a table in the dark, went off to bed as the darkness... | |
 | 1857 - 380 sider
...asking lor candles. " Candles, indeed !" she would have said ; " who ever heard of such a thing i. and with so much excellent daylight running to waste as I have provided gratis l AVhat will the wretches want next t" The Romans therefare, who saw no joke in sitting round a table... | |
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