 | 1763 - 648 pagine
...gave me a dinner of fifty dirties of meat, which (after their fafliion) were placed on (he table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the...were of gold, and the hafts fet with diamonds. But ths piece of luxury which giieved my eyes, was the table-cloth and napkins, which were all trffany... | |
 | Mary Wortley Montagu - 1779 - 328 pagine
...a time, and was extremely te( iit ) dious. But the magnificence of her table anfwered very well ro that of her drefs. The knives were of gold, and the...the piece of luxury which grieved my eyes, was the table cloth and nap kins, which were all tiffany embroidered with lilk and gold, in the fineft manner,... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1784 - 284 pagine
...gave me a dinner of fifty difhes of meat, which (after their fafhion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the...the piece of luxury which grieved my eyes, was the table cloth and napkins, tins, which were all tiffany embroidered with /ilk and gold, in the fined... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1794 - 300 pagine
...She gave me a dinner of fifty diHes of meat, which (after their fafhion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table anfwercd very well to that of her drefs. The knives were of gold, and the hafts fet with diamonds.... | |
 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1796 - 468 pagine
...magmficence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were ot g*ld, and the hafts set with diamonds. But the piece of luxury which grieved my eyes , was the table cloth and napkins , which were .all tiffany embroidered with silk and gold, in the finest manner,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 458 pagine
...gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives weir* of gdld, and the hafts set with diamonds.... | |
 | 1810 - 472 pagine
...She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the hafts set with diamonds.... | |
 | Mary Wortley Montagu - 1816 - 374 pagine
...gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of HUM!, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the hafts set with diamonds.... | |
 | 1821 - 396 pagine
...gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the hafts set with diamonds.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1897 - 610 pagine
...sherbet was served in china bowls, but the covers and salvers massy gold. But the piece of luxury that grieved my eyes was the tablecloth and napkins, which were all tiffany, embroidered with silks and gold, in the finest manner, in natural flowers. It was with the utmost regret that I made... | |
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She gave me a dinner of fifty dishes of meat, which (after their fashion) were placed on the table but one at a time, and was extremely tedious. But the magnificence of her table answered very well to that of her dress. The knives were of gold, and the... 
