| 1820 - 876 páginas
...days •weal merely to look at it. To swecttr. the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside -.nil cup— and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until on improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which wag to suspend a large lump... | |
| 1821 - 732 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which wag, to suspend a large lump directly over the tea-table by a string from the cieling, so that it could... | |
| Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot, from a huge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...lump of sugar was laid beside each cup— and the pompany alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an improvement was, introduced by... | |
| Washington Irving - 1825 - 356 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot, from • buge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these degenerate days sweat, merely 10 look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sngar was laid beside each cup— and the company... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 354 páginas
...distinguished themselves hy their adroitness in replenishing this pot, from a hnge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...degenerate days sweat, merely to look at it. To sweeten the heverage, a lump of sngar was laid heside each cup— and the company alternately nihhled and sipped... | |
| Washington Irving - 1831 - 522 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an im172 ANCIENT TEA-PARTIES. provement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which was to... | |
| Washington Irving - 1835 - 294 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their' adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an im* provement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which was to suspend a large lump directly... | |
| David Wilkie - 1837 - 320 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle, which had made the pigmy macaronies of these degenerate days...each cup, and the company alternately nibbled and sipt with great decorum, until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which... | |
| John Fanning Watson - 1846 - 440 páginas
...replenishing this pot, from a huge copper tea-kettle, which might make the beaux of the present day sweat merely to look at it ! To sweeten the beverage,...alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum. " In such parties, the utmost propriety and dignity of deportment prevailed. No flirting, no coquetting,... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 páginas
...distinguished themselves by their adroitness in replenishing this pot from a huge copper tea-kettle, which would have made the pigmy macaronies of these...until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economical old lady, which was to suspend a large lump directly over the tea-table, by a string from... | |
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