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" ... so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will... "
History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to ... - Page 309
by John Lothrop Motley - 1861
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A Journey Into England: In the Year M.D.XC.VIII.

Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner, very well made or particularly handsome, they will say, It is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN. 48 HENTZNER's TRAVELS. THE ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILIES OF ENGJLANB....
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The Retrospective Review.., Volume 1

Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, It is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN." p. 156. With the above whimsical passage, we conclude our extracts...
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The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine, Volume 1

1820 - 394 pages
...heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, It is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN." p. 156. With the above whimsical passage, we conclude our extracts...
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New voyages and travels: originals and translations [ed. by sir R. Phillips].

New voyages - 1823 - 726 pages
...their heads, to go up in some belfry and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made or particularly handsome, they will say it is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN." Le Serre, who attended Mary de Medicis to England, when she...
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The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary ..., Volume 2

English essays - 1823 - 536 pages
...their heads, to go up into some belfry and ring the bells for hours together for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made or particularly handsome, they will say it is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN." Le Serre, who attended Mary de Medicis to England, when she...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 13

1823 - 496 pages
...their heads, to go up in some belfry and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made or particularly handsome, they will say it is a pity he it not an ENGLISHMAN." Ls .S'ern?, who attended Mary de Medicis to England, when she...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 1

Books - 1820 - 398 pages
...heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, It is a pity he is not an ENGLISHMAN." p. 156. With the above whimsical passage, we conclude our extracts...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 3

1829 - 476 pages
...heads, to go up into soma belfry, and ring the. bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome they will say, "// it a pity he it not an Englishman." Cugtomg of Countrfeg. SINGULAR JEWISH CUSTOM. Burckhardt, in...
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...their heads to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, it is a pity he is not an Englishman.* A Commendation of the Night-Time. Though many much misliko the...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...their heads, to go into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exeroye. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, " It is a pity he it not an Englishman."— Paid Hentter, 1 598. Fraud and Ingenuity of the Chinete....
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