 When the great fen, or moor, which watereth the walls of the city on the north side, is frozen, many young men play upon the ice ; some, striding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly ; others make themselves seats of ice, as great as...  London, Or Interesting Memorials of Its Rise, Progress & Present State - Сторінка 51автори: Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1809 - 402 стор.
...water*th the walls of the city on tlic north side is frozen, iniiny young men play upon the ire, •uioe striding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly; others make themselves stats ou the ice, as great as uiilstones. One sits do-,vo, many (bind in baud) do draw him, and one... | |
 | Emma Roberts - 1827 - 680 стор.
...els bills or beares are baited. When the greate fenne or moore which watereth the wals of the citie on the north side is frozen, many young men play upon...as mill-stones, one sits down, many, hand in hand, doe draw him, and one slipping on a sudden, all fall together. Some tye bones to their feet, and under... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 стор.
...reign of Henry II, tells us, that " when the great pane or moor (which watereth the walls of the citie on the north side) is frozen, many young men play upon the ice ; some stryding as wide as they may, doe slide swiftly ; some tie bones to their Jeetn, and und-tr their heeles,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 874 стор.
...Its historian relates that, " when the great fenne or moore (which watereth the walles of the citie on the north side) is frozen, many young men play upon the yce." Happily, and probably for want of a term to call it by, he desciibes so much of this pastime... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 556 стор.
...of water on which the citizens of London performed their pastimes, is spoken of by Fitzstephen as " the Great Fen or Moor which watereth the walls of the city on the north side." It was in Finsbury Fields, on his return to London after his exploits in Scotland, that the great Protector,... | |
 | George Anderson (of Glasgow.) - 1852 - 106 стор.
...Stephen, who " relates that ' When the great fenne or moore (which water' eth the walles of the citie on the north side) is ' frozen, many young men play upon the yce.' Again : ' Some, stryding as wide as they may, doe slide ' swiftlie ; asome tye bones to their... | |
 | John Timbs - 1855 - 818 стор.
...reign of George I. the charge was Id. MOORFIELDS Is first mentioned by Fitzstephen (temp. Henry II.) as "the great fen or moor which watereth the walls of the City on the north side," and stretched "from the wall betwixt Bishopsgate and Cripplesgate to Fensbury and to Holy well" (¿'low).... | |
 | 1860 - 532 стор.
...the twelfth century, says (about a frozen pond in Moorfields): " Many young men play upon it—some, striding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly; others make themselves seats of ice as great as a mill-stone j one sits down j many, hand in hand, do draw him; and one slipping on a sudden, all fall... | |
 | Robert Nares - 1859 - 544 стор.
...Stephanides, or Fitz Stephen : When the great fcnne or moore (which watereth the walles of the citie on the north side) is frozen, many young men play upon the усе : — some stryding as wide as they may, doe slide swiftly, some tyc lionet to their feete,... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Board of Commissioners of the Central Park - 1862 - 506 стор.
...by the historian of London : " When the great fenn or moore (which watereth the walls of the citie on the north side) is frozen, many young men play upon the yce, some stryding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly, Bome tyc bones to their feete and under their... | |
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