 When informed of this she exclaimed, with a smile, " I will see it acted, as I live." She did, and expressed her satisfaction that the character in the play did her justice. She frequently catered for herself, making her own purchases, and taking them...  Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events - Page 174by Sabine Baring-Gould - 1874 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1810 - 570 pages
...hundred thousand : an act of generosity practised hy few. ' She chose to be her own caterer. Purchasing some eels, she put them in her pocket, entered her coach, and called upon a lady to take her an airing. The warmth of the body reviving the condemned prisoners, one of... | |
 | Thirsk (England) - 1821 - 200 pages
...hundred thousand; an act of generosity practiced by few . She chose to be her own caterer. Purchasing1 some eels, she put them in her pocket, entered her coach, and called upon a lady to take her an airing. The warmth of the body reviving the condemned 160 APPENDIX. prisoners,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Legends - 1900 - 440 pages
...her own purchases, and taking them home in her carriage. Once, having purchased some eels, she pi: t them in her pocket, entered her coach, and called...happening to look down, saw what she thought was a serpent writhing into her lap, and several hideous heads breaking out of the side of Mistress Margaret Wharton.... | |
 | Joseph Smith Fletcher - Yorkshire (England) - 1908 - 446 pages
...Baring-Gould, in his "Yorkshire Oddities," narrates the following accounts of this eccentric maiden lady :— " She frequently catered for herself, making her own...happening to look down, saw what she thought was a serpent writhing into her lap, and several hideous heads breaking out of the side of Mistress Margaret Wharton.... | |
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