 | Esther Copley - 1834 - 254 Seiten
...called Dutch toys; very ingenious and pretty they are; and I have heard that they are all made by tha Dutch children for their own amusement; hence there...English girls too should not amuse themselves in as pro. fitable a manner. I dare say they are quite as ingenious, if they had but the thought to set about... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 226 Seiten
...the passion for knick-knacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 282 Seiten
...the passion for knickknacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking," I believe their bijouterie and nowieautes are chiefly manufactured. for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1836 - 608 Seiten
...the passion for knick-knacks we are apt to attribute to the French. But as, according to the adage, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking ;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. Of this... | |
 | Thomas Bowring - 1841 - 156 Seiten
...made by children ; and there is a rhyme more to their credit than to that of English children : — The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking. Young people should learn to employ themselves in books and work, remembering that idle people are... | |
 | Lessons - 1849 - 244 Seiten
...Dutch children for their own amusement : hence there is a proverb which says, " The children of'Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England...see no reason in the world why English * boys and girls should not amuse themselves in as profitable a way ; I dare say they are quite as ingenious,... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 Seiten
...version of these common proverbial lines, given by Mr. Denham, p. 16. Clarty-paps are dirty sluts. The children of Holland Take pleasure in making What...the children of England Take pleasure in breaking. Alluding to toys, a great number of which are imported into this country from Holland. 188 VIII.—... | |
 | Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1854 - 272 Seiten
...mean, physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
 | Alexander Bryan Johnson - 1862 - 268 Seiten
...mean, physically, the physical particulars only to which the affirmation refers. A nursery couplet says, "The children of Holland take pleasure in making,...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." I want to avoid a like conduct if possible, though it is quite prevalent in speculative controversy.... | |
 | Alexander Ronald Grant - 1870 - 160 Seiten
...and make quantities of toys, which are sent over to England, to be sold. There is a saying that, " The children of Holland take pleasure in making What...the children of England take pleasure in breaking." The Dutch look rather old fashioned, not at all unlike Noah and his family in the arks you buy at the... | |
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The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets. 
