 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1819 - 676 pages
...James's first coming to the crown, a courtier speaking of this piece of land to that monarch, observed, that " if over-night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, in the morning it would be covered with grass of that night's growth so as not to be discerned." To... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - Norfolk (England : County) - 1819 - 266 pages
...James's first coming to the crown, a courtier speaking of this piece of land to that monarch, observed, that " if over-night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, in the morning it would be covered with grass of that night's growth so as not to be discerned." To... | |
 | William Watson (F.A.S.) - Wisbech (England) - 1827 - 796 pages
...was repeated by a courtier to king James I. at his first coming to the crown,) " that if over night a wand " or rod was laid on the ground, by the morning...covered with grass of that night's growth, " so as not be discerned ;" to which that king is said to have replied in a jocose manner, " that he knew some... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 698 pages
...reported by a courtier to James I., at his first coming to the crown of England, " that if over night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, by the morning...would be covered with grass of that night's growth ;" to which that king is said, in a jocose manner, to reply, " that he knew some grounds in Scotland,... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 870 pages
...when a courtier told that monarch, at his first coming to the crown of England, " that if over night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, by the morning...would be covered with grass of that night's growth ;" to which the King jocosely replied, " that he knew some grounds in Scotland, where, if a horse was... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 832 pages
...when a courtier told that monarch, at his first coming to the crown of England, " that if over night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, by the morning...would be covered with grass of that night's growth ;" to which the King jocosely replied, " that he knew some grounds in Scotland, where, if a horse was... | |
 | William Alfred Dutt - Natural history - 1900 - 388 pages
...true. A courtier is said to have spoken of it to King James I., and, referring to its fertility, stated that " if over-night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, in the morning it would be covered with grass of that night's growth so as not to be discerned." The... | |
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I., when a courtier told that monarch, at his first coming to the crown of England, " that if over night a wand or rod was laid on the ground, by the morning it would be covered with grass of that night's growth ;" to which the King jocosely replied,... 