| Edmund Burke - History - 1759 - 516 pages
...twenty-four difhes, ferved in plate, moft of them gilt; thefe diJhc* were received by gentlemen in the fame order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady tafter gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dim he had brought, for fear... | |
| History - 1764 - 524 pages
...twenty-four dimes, ferved in plate, mod of them gilt; thefe ditties were received by gentlemen in the fame order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady taller gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat of the particular diih he had brought, for fear... | |
| History - 1795 - 532 pages
...of twenty-tour dishes, served in plate, most of them gilt : theee dishes were received by gentlemen in the same order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of poison. During the... | |
| Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a com so oi twenty-four dishes, served in jilato most ot it gilt; these dishes were received by a gentleman in the same order they v re brought, and placed upon the table, while the Lady-Tastei —. vc to each of the guard a mouthful... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1807 - 528 pages
...dimes, ferved in " plate moft of it gilt ; thefe dimes were received by a '' gentleman in the fame order they were brought, and " placed upon the table, while the lady •tafter gave to '. each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular. The frequent ablutions... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Civilization - 1813 - 536 pages
...in scarlet, with a golden rose " upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty" four dishes, served in plate most of it gilt ; these dishes...upon the table, while the lady taster gave to each '• of the guard a mouthful to .eat, of the particular dish he had The frequent ablutions or washings... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...clothed in scarlet, with a golden rose upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty-four dishes, served in plate, most of it gilt ; these dishes...were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady-taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particular dish he had brought for... | |
| 1822 - 522 pages
...clothed in scarlet, with a golden rose upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty-four dishes, served in plate most of it gilt ; these dishes...were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady-taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat, of the particalar dish he had brought for... | |
| 1824 - 486 pages
...clothed in scarlet, with a golden rose upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty four dishes, served in plate, most of it gilt. These dishes...gentleman in the same order they were brought, and placed t Her father had been treated with the same deference. It is mentioned by Fox, iu hii Acts of Monuments,... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...clothed in scarlet, with a golden rose upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty four dishes, served in plate, most of it gilt. These dishes...gentleman in the same order they were brought, and placed t Her father had been treated with the same deference. It IB mentioned by Fox, in his Acts of Monumttttt,... | |
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