Hidden fields
Books Books
" I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels; neither do I think that any other nation of Christendom doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian, and... "
The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their ... - Page 150
1803
Full view - About this book

The Journal of International Relations, Volume 5

George Hubbard Blakeslee, Granville Stanley Hall, Harry Elmer Barnes - 1915 - 522 pages
...unknown is much to the point : I observed a custom in all those Italian Cities and Townes through the which I passed, that is not used in any other Country...travels, neither do I think that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also most strangers that are commorant...
Full view - About this book

The Journal of Race Development, Volume 5

1915 - 522 pages
...unknown is much to the point : I observed a custom in all those Italian Cities and Townee through the which I passed, that is not used in any other Country...travels, neither do I think that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also most strangers that are commorant...
Full view - About this book

Yale Studies in English, Volume 59

1919 - 320 pages
...napkins. Cf. also Coryat, Crudities i. 236: 'I observed a custom in all those Italian Cities and Townes through which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels, neither do I thinke that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also most...
Full view - About this book

Volpone: Or, The Fox

Ben Jonson - 1919 - 316 pages
...napkins. Cf. also Coryat, Crudities 1. 236: 'I observed a custom in all those Italian Cities and Townes through which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels, neither do I thinke that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also most...
Full view - About this book

The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 6

Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...discoarse of the first Italian town. I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through the which I passed that is not used in any other country...travels, neither do I think that any other nation ot Christendom doth use it, bat only Italy. The Italians, and also most strangers that are commorant...
Full view - About this book

The Indian Review, Volume 24

G.A. Natesan - 1923 - 928 pages
...authorship of the Crudities. "I observed a custom in all those Italian Citiet and Townee through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels, neither doe I think that any other cation of Christendome doth ate it but only Italy. The Italian and almost...
Full view - About this book

The Collecting of Antiques

Esther Singleton - 1926 - 372 pages
...in Italy in the Seventeenth Century, jots down in his note-book: "I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through which I passed that...travels, neither do I think that any other nation of Christendom doth use it but only Italy. The Italians and also most strangers in Italy do always...
Full view - About this book

A Curious History in Book Editing: Inclosing Letters of the Senior Editor ...

Kate Stephens - 1927 - 160 pages
...observed a custome in all those Italian Cities and Townes through the which I passed," wrote Thomas, "that is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels, neither doe I thinke that any other nation of Christendome doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also...
Full view - About this book

The Renaissance: A History of Civilization in Italy from 1304-1576 A.D.

Will Durant, Ariel Durant - 1953 - 808 pages
...mouth. Thomas Coryat, touring Italy about 1 600, was struck by the novel custom, "which," he wrote, "is not used in any other country that I saw in my travels"; and he shared in introducing the idea into England.90 Knives, forks, and spoons were of brass, sometimes...
Limited preview - About this book

The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Italies of British Travellers : an Annotated ...

Manfred Pfister - 1996 - 572 pages
...FORKS AND THE CIVILIZING PROCESS I observed a custom in all those Italian cities and towns through the which I passed, that is not used in any other country...travels, neither do I think that any other nation of Christendom doth use it, but only Italy. The Italian and also most strangers that are commorant...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF