The American Stranger's Guide to London and Liverpool at Table: How to Dine and Order a Dinner, and where to Avoid Dining, with Practical Hints to Butlers and Cooks : to which is Appended the Royal Yacht Squadron Steward's Manual, and Receipts with Truisms for the MillionLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1859 - 68 sider |
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Side 11
... served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house . He orders just what he pleases , having no interest to think of but his own : in short , it is impossible to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living . Clubs , as far as ...
... served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house . He orders just what he pleases , having no interest to think of but his own : in short , it is impossible to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living . Clubs , as far as ...
Side 12
... served in that manner than from the teapot . No sooner had the cup been brought than the " artful dodger " complained of the strength , ordered some hot water and a clean cup , and by dividing half procured two good cups of tea at half ...
... served in that manner than from the teapot . No sooner had the cup been brought than the " artful dodger " complained of the strength , ordered some hot water and a clean cup , and by dividing half procured two good cups of tea at half ...
Side 13
... served in that manner than from the teapot . No sooner had the cup been brought than the " artful dodger " complained of the strength , ordered some hot water and a clean cup , and by dividing half procured two good cups of tea at half ...
... served in that manner than from the teapot . No sooner had the cup been brought than the " artful dodger " complained of the strength , ordered some hot water and a clean cup , and by dividing half procured two good cups of tea at half ...
Side 16
... served on an entire service of gold plate ; the attendance is wonderful . The absence of bustle or confusion in so numerous a party is marvellous ; to use a homely adage , there seems to be " a place for everything , and every- thing in ...
... served on an entire service of gold plate ; the attendance is wonderful . The absence of bustle or confusion in so numerous a party is marvellous ; to use a homely adage , there seems to be " a place for everything , and every- thing in ...
Side 17
... served reflects the greatest credit upon the different heads of the departments . Everything is conducted as well as if there were only a dozen people present ; there is no hurry ( as often seen in private houses ) to remove the dishes ...
... served reflects the greatest credit upon the different heads of the departments . Everything is conducted as well as if there were only a dozen people present ; there is no hurry ( as often seen in private houses ) to remove the dishes ...
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agreeable anchovy Archimedean screw Athenæum banquet beef Beefsteak Club boiled bottle brown cayenne Cayenne pepper champagne cherry brandy chicken claret clear soup Club cold cook curry powder cutlets DESSERT dine dish eggs English entrées Entremets fish flavour give glass of sherry gravy guests half a pint handed round herbs house dinner Iluma JOHN BAYLEY keep kitchen ladies lemon Liverpool LIVERPOOL AT TABLE London Lord meat minutes Moselle mushroom mustard mutton never nutmeg onions ounces of butter oysters party patés pepper pieces plate port wine pounded punster Rice and Curry Royal ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON salad salt Sauterne season servants served sideboard SIR JOHN BAYLEY slices Soyer sprig of verbena steak stew stewpan stirring strain and ice sugar sweet basil Tarragon taste tea spoonful three table spoonfuls thyme toast vases Wenham Lake wine young nettles
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Side 60 - Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Side 64 - Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true, we may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct...
Side 61 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Side 11 - ... comfort as a private dwelling. Every member is a master without any of the trouble of a master. He can come when he pleases, and stay away as long as he pleases, without anything going wrong. He has the command of regular servants without having to pay or to manage them. He can have whatever meal or refreshment he wants, at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his own. In short, it is impossible...
Side 62 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'tis day and will never be night, that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding.
Side 61 - He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Side 6 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Side 63 - Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain; and it is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says; so Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.
Side 60 - He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night...
Side 63 - Always taking out of the Meal-Tub and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; then, as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice. If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing...