 | History - 1790 - 522 pages
...balled eggs, which he conftantly canicd in his pocket. When retired to his feat at Stoke, *' to ftve fire, he would walk about the remains of an old greenhoufe,...would amufe himfelf with going into the fields to ¿lean the corn, on the grounds of" his own tenants ¡ and they ufed to leave a little more than common,... | |
 | Horse racing - 1793 - 470 pages
...employment was lo pick up chips', flicks, or bones to carry to the fire in his pockef. During the harvelt, he would amufe himfelf with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of his со:« tenant*^ When he had his river drawn, though fometimes horfe-loads of fmall fiih were taken,... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...bones., and put them in his pocket to carry to the fire. During the harvest, he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of his own tenants. When he had his river drawn, though sometimes horse-loads of small fish were taken, not one would he... | |
 | Edward TOPHAM (Major.) - 1802 - 38 pages
...old green-houle, o>r fit with a iervant in the kitchen. During the harveft, he would amule hlmfelf with going into the fields to glean the corn, on the grounds of his o-Jjn tenants; and they ufed to leave a little more than common, to pleafe the old gentleman, who was... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of kis ou.n tenants, and they used to leave a little more than common to please the old gentleman,' who... | |
 | Characters and characteristics - 1805 - 596 pages
...an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest, he would amuse himself with going into the fields, to glean the corn on the grounds of his own tenants; and they used to leave a little more than e-ommon to please the old gentleman, who was as eager after it as... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of his own tenants ; and they used to leave a little more than common, to please the old gentleman, who was as eager after it is... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Suffolk (England) - 1818 - 480 pages
...an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of bis own tenants ; and they used to leave a little more than common, to please the old gentleman, who... | |
 | Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 280 pages
...an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest, he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn on the grounds of his own tenants ; and they used to leave a little more than common, to please the old gentleman, who was as eager after it as... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...old green-house, or sit, with a servant; in the kitchen. During the harvest he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn, on the grounds of his own tenants ; and they used to leave a little more than common, to please the old gentleman, who •was as eager after it... | |
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To save fire, he would walk about the remains of an old green-house, or sit with a servant in the kitchen. During the harvest he would amuse himself with going into the fields to glean the corn, on the grounds of his own tenants; and they used to leave... 
