 | Francis Grose - Great Britain - 1784 - 434 pages
...some disputes with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ;...abbot haughtily answered, that he would build such a one, that all the wood in the royal forests should not suffice to accomplish that threat, and forthwith... | |
 | Walley Chamberlain Oulton - England - 1805 - 854 pages
...some disputes with one of »he abbots, threatened to burn 1ш kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ¡...abbot haughtily answered, that he would build such a one, that all the wood in the royal forcsti should not suffice to accomplish that threat, and forthwith... | |
 | James Storer - Architecture - 1817 - 210 pages
...some disputes with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ;...abbot haughtily answered, that he would build such a one that all the wood in the royal forests should not suffice to accomplish that GLASTONBURY ABBEY.... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1817 - 456 pages
...some disputes with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ; to which the abbot Haughtily answered, that be would build such a one that.all tbe wood in the royal foreste should not suffice to accomplish that... | |
 | William Robinson, Glastonbury abbey - 1844 - 94 pages
...some dispute with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living, to which the abbot haughtily replied, that he would build such a one that all the wood in the royal forests should not be sufficient... | |
 | England - Abbeys - 1862 - 162 pages
...some dispute with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ;...abbot haughtily answered, that he would build such a one that all the wood in the royal forests should not suffice to accomplish that threat, and forthwith... | |
 | John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 598 pages
...VIII., having a dispute with one of the Abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen ; when the latter said, he would build such an one that all the wood in the royal forests should not be sufficient to effect the purpose ; indeed, he built a strong one. This story... | |
 | Charles Henry Poole - Somerset (England) - 1877 - 164 pages
...Henry VIII and the Abbot, when the former threatened to burn the kitchen, thereby infmuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living, to which the Abbot laughingly replied that he would eredt fuch an one that all the wood in the royal forefts fhould not... | |
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VIII. having some disputes with one of the abbots, threatened to burn his kitchen, thereby insinuating a reproach for his gluttony and luxurious manner of living ; to which the abbot haughtily answered, that he would build such a one, that all the wood... 