 | Thomas Raikes - Political culture - 1857 - 506 pages
...his return he walks again on the platform, till he enters to dress for dinner, at which he also eata with appetite, mixing meat, rice, and vegetables into...polite to all, and particularly attentive to women ; lie is la vieille cour personnifiee. Although still active, yet age has made some havoc with his... | |
 | Thomas Raikes - France - 1858 - 504 pages
...glazed, a short note, which he once wrote to the owner, ordering fifty yards of flannel ; it is kept as a precious relic. On his return he walks again on...decanters of iced water are placed by his side, which arc generally empty when he goes to bed. When we were only men, he dressed in boots, but when there... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 892 pages
...regular olla-podrida. Raikes, in his "Journal," mentions the same peculiarity: — At dinner the Duke eats with appetite, mixing meat, rice, and vegetables...side, which are generally empty when he goes to bed. It is curious to find that the greatest triumph experienced by this '• hero of a hundred fights "... | |
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... with appetite, mixing meat, rice, and vegetables into a mess, which fills his plate ; he drinks very little wine, and during the evening, two decanters of iced water are placed by his side, which are generally empty when he goes to bed. When we were... 