 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pages
...refinement. " In those times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederic II., " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking cups,... | |
 | 1820 - 848 pages
...refinement. " In those times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederic 2nd, " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden handled knives, nor mdre than one or two drinking cups,... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1831 - 504 pages
..." In those times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederic the Second, " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking cups... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 664 pages
...time. •'In these times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederick II, " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking cups... | |
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 pages
...Previous to this period, says Murat, and about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederick II, the manners of the Italians were rude : a man and his wife ate off the same plate ; there were only forks ; no knives, nor more than one or two drinking-cups... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 338 pages
...as the beginning of the fourteenth century, luxury had made great progress. Previous to this time, the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate from the same plate. There were no wooden-handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking-cups,... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 pages
...refinement. " In those times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the age of Frederic II., " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There was no wooden-handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking cups... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1859 - 404 pages
...In those times," says a writer about the year 1300, speaking of the days of Frederic Barbarossa, " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden-handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking-cups... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1859 - 396 pages
...In those times," says a writer about the year 1800, speaking of the days of Frederic Barbarossa, " the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his wife ate off the same plate. There were no wooden-handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking-cups... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1870
...1300, shows the state of manners in Italy during the reign of Frederic Barbarossa. " In these days the manners of the Italians were rude. A man and his...no wooden-handled knives nor more than one or two drinking cups in a house. Candles of wax or tallow were unknown ; a servant held a torch during supper.... | |
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There were no wooden-handled knives, nor more than one or two drinking cups, in. a house. Candles of wax or tallow were unknown ; a servant held a torch during supper. The clothes of men were of leather unlined : scarcely any gold or silver was seen on... 
