 Good people,' cried the preacher, 'things will never go well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villeins and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we? On what grounds have they deserved...  Twenty Centuries of English History - Page 137by James Richard Joy - 1898 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1874 - 1076 pages
..."things will never go well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villains and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call...serfage? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better than we, if it be not that they make... | |
 | Mary Elsie Thalheimer - Great Britain - 1875 - 318 pages
..."things will never go well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villains and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we ? Why do they hold us in serfage ? They are clothed in velvet, and warm in their furs, while we are... | |
 | Richard Josiah Hinton - Politicians - 1875 - 388 pages
...things will never go well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villains and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call lords greater folks than we ? on what ground have they deserved it ; why do they hold us in serfage ? If we all came... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1878 - 622 pages
...Good people," cried the preacher, " things will never be well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villeins and gentlemen....whom we call lords greater folk than we ? On what giounds have they deserved it ? Why do they hold us in serfage ? If we all came of the same father... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 638 pages
...preacher, " things will never be well in England so long as goods he not in common, and so long as there he villeins and gentlemen. By what right are they whom...serfage ? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better thau we, if it he not that they make... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1879 - 138 pages
...the poor. "Good people," said he, "things will never go well in England so long as there be vileins and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call...serfage? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better than we, if it be not that they make... | |
 | George Girling - 1882 - 168 pages
...the poor. "Good people," said he, "things will never go well in England so long as there be vileins and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call...serfage? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better than we, if it be not that they make... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...things will never go well in England so long as goods be not in common, and so long as there be villains and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we? Why do they hold us in serfage? They are clothed in velvet, and warm in their furs, while we arc covered... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - English fiction - 1882 - 360 pages
...of the yeomen about him which showed how surely the Middle Ages were becoming a part of the past. " By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we ? * * * If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that... | |
 | Barbara Clay Finch - Princes - 1883 - 316 pages
...gathered round him in the market place, " things will never go well in England so long as things be not in common, and so long as there be villeins and gentlemen....serfage ? If we all came of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say that they are better than we, if it be not that they make us gain... | |
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