The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1838 - English literature |
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... dinner , " said I. " My dear friend , I can't stop to dine , " said Hull . " I am off to Portsmouth , where we last met , on most particular business - most par- ticular ; and you know what it is about . " " I ! " said I ; 66 indeed ...
... dinner , " said I. " My dear friend , I can't stop to dine , " said Hull . " I am off to Portsmouth , where we last met , on most particular business - most par- ticular ; and you know what it is about . " " I ! " said I ; 66 indeed ...
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... dinner a spoiling , and getting as cold as ice . " " " " Tommy ! " said Hull , looking as fierce as a turkey - cock ; " don't Tommy me . " At the end of which speech , which brought them in closer contact , he gave her a glance ...
... dinner a spoiling , and getting as cold as ice . " " " " Tommy ! " said Hull , looking as fierce as a turkey - cock ; " don't Tommy me . " At the end of which speech , which brought them in closer contact , he gave her a glance ...
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... dinner- party we strongly advise a minute examination into the prevailing etiquette in this essential ; for , as the vendors of quack medicines say , mistakes are dangerous . The point is a nice touchstone of breeding , and if your ...
... dinner- party we strongly advise a minute examination into the prevailing etiquette in this essential ; for , as the vendors of quack medicines say , mistakes are dangerous . The point is a nice touchstone of breeding , and if your ...
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... one at table to eat more than he likes , or is good for him . " Much good may it do you when ye's ate , " is an Irish grace after meat , reproaching the company with not having done jus- دو tice to a good dinner . " Eat this. Etiquette .
... one at table to eat more than he likes , or is good for him . " Much good may it do you when ye's ate , " is an Irish grace after meat , reproaching the company with not having done jus- دو tice to a good dinner . " Eat this. Etiquette .
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... dinner , and suffered not any man to leave the room , till he was unable to quit it without help - an usage which comes still nearer to that of the savages with whom we started . In those days , as drunk as a lord , " was a phrase of ...
... dinner , and suffered not any man to leave the room , till he was unable to quit it without help - an usage which comes still nearer to that of the savages with whom we started . In those days , as drunk as a lord , " was a phrase of ...
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