| William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...millings ; and that a man and woman had eight millings and fourpence for ftrawberries. Aneed, p. 80. It was not till the latter end of the reign of Henry VIII. viz. about 1547, that any falads, carrots, turnips, cabbage*, or other edible roots were produced in... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - Chronology, Historical - 1804 - 486 pages
...till the end of this reign, that any sallads, carrots, turnips, or other esculent roots, were produced in England. -The little of these vegetables that was...formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. Queen Catherine, when she wanted a sallad, was obliged to dispatch a messenger thither on purpose. The use... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 480 pages
...till the end of this reign that any sallads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was...formerly imported from Holland and Flanders.* Queen Catherine, when she wanted a sallad, was obliged to dispatch a messenger * 34 Henry VIII. 'Hall, folio... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 514 pages
...till the end of this reign that any sallads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was...imported from Holland and Flanders.'' Queen Catharine, when she wanted a sallad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose. The use of hops,... | |
| William Butler - Arithmetic - 1811 - 548 pages
...(hillings; and that a man and woman had eight (hillings and "four-pence for a fevr ftravvberries +. It was not till the latter end of the reign of Henry VIII. viz. about 1547, that any falads, carrots, cabbage J, or other edible roots, were produced in England.... | |
| 1829 - 632 pages
...paid for at the high price of one and two shillings apiece ; that a man and woman received 8s. 6d. in the coin of that time for, a few strawberries....salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither ou purpose. Sundry other kinds of fruits and plants were also first cultivated in England during this... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1819 - 368 pages
...till the end of this reign that any sallads, carrots, turnips, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was...used, was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. 61 Queen Catherine, when she wanted a sallad, was obliged to dispatch a messenger thither on purpose.... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 876 pages
...the end of the reign of Henry VIII. that any salads, carrots, or other edible roots, were produced in England. The little of these vegetables that was...formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. Queen Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither on purpose (F). The... | |
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