 The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 2691820Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 páginas
...fare. The tea table was crowned with a hug earthen dish, well stored with slices of fat pork, filed brown, cut up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company being seated around tho genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 páginas
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might reach home before dark. 8. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company, seated round the genial board, evinced their dexterity in launching their forks at the fattest pieces... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1888 - 542 páginas
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladiet might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...slices of fat pork, fried brown, cut up into morsels, ami swimming in gravy. The company being seated round the genial board, and each furnished with a fork,... | |
 | 1889 - 466 páginas
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...pork, fried brown, cut up into morsels, and swimming iu gravy. The company, being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1890 - 522 páginas
...ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea-table was crowned with a huge, earthern dish, well stored with slices of fat pork, fried brown,...their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces of this mightv dish, in much the same manner as sailors O »/ harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - 1892 - 546 páginas
...ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea-table was crowned with a huge, earthern dish, well stored with slices of fat pork, fried brown,...their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces of this mighty dish, in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 452 páginas
...when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might reach home before dark. 2. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...up into morsels and swimming in gravy. The company seated around the genial board evinced their dexterity in launching their forks at the fattest pieces... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 522 páginas
...ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea-table was crowned with a huge, earthern dish, well stored with slices of fat pork, fried brown,...their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces of this mighty dish, in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - 1895 - 450 páginas
...when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might reach home before dark. 2. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...up into morsels and swimming in gravy. The company seated around the genial board evinced their dexterity in launching their forks at the fattest pieces... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 488 páginas
...when 10 the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might reach home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company 15 seated round the genial board, evinced their dexterity in launching their forks at the fattest pieces... | |
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