 | English literature - 1810 - 1018 pages
...was on the table it two o'clock at one shilling a head : we drank the best claret and sherry, »nd the reckoning was punctually called at six o'clock....by nomination, the members were elected by ballot : »nd two blackballs excluded a candidate. William Johnstun (Sir William Pulteney Johnston) was chosen... | |
 | Alexander Carlyle - 1860 - 598 pages
...o'clock, at one shilling a-head, the wine to be confined to sherry and claret, and the reckoning to be called at six o'clock. After the first fifteen, who were chosen by nomination, the members were to be chosen by ballot, two black balls to exclude the candidate. There was to be a new preses chosen... | |
 | James Grant - 1880 - 436 pages
...of the Dirersoriuni, Tom Nicholson's, near the cross. The dinner was on the table at two o'clock ; we drank the best claret and sherry ; and the reckoning...o'clock. After the first fifteen, who were chosen by nomina. ! tion, the members were elected by ballot, and two black balls excluded a candidate." A political... | |
 | James Grant - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1881 - 436 pages
...landlord of the Diver sorium, Tom Nicholson's, near the cross. The dinner was on the table at twoo'clock ; we drank the best claret and sherry ; and the reckoning...nomination, the members were elected by ballot, and twoblack balls excluded a candidate." A political question — -on the expediency of establishing a... | |
 | James Grant - 1884 - 482 pages
...landlord of the Diversorium, Tom Nicholson's, near the cross. The dinner was on the table at two o'clock ; we drank the best claret and sherry ; and the reckoning...nomination, the members were elected by ballot, and two black balls excluded a candidate." A political question — on the expediency of establishing a Scottish... | |
 | Charles Rogers - Scotland - 1884 - 436 pages
...o'clock at one shilling a head, the wine to be confined to sherry and claret, and the reckoning to be called at six o'clock." After the first fifteen, who were chosen by nomination, the members were to be chosen by ballot, two black balls to exclude the candidate. There was to be a new preses chosen... | |
 | Charles Rogers - Scotland - 1884 - 434 pages
...o'clock at one shilling a head, the wine to be confined to sherry and claret, and the reckoning to be called at six o'clock." After the first fifteen, who were chosen by nomination, the members were to be chosen by ballot, two black balls to exclude the candidate. There was to be a new preses chosen... | |
 | Wilmot Harrison - Dwellings - 1898 - 230 pages
...landlord of the Diversorium, Tom Nicholson's, near the Cross. The dinner was on the table at two o'clock ; we drank the best claret and sherry, and the reckoning...nomination, the members were elected by ballot, and two black balls excluded a candidate.' With regard to the name of the Club, Dr. Carlyle ('Jupiter') of... | |
 | Alexander Carlyle - Inveresk (Scotland : Parish) - 1910 - 716 pages
...o'clock, at one shilling a-head, the wine to be confined to sherry and claret, and the reckoning to be called at six o'clock. After the first fifteen, who were chosen by nomination, the members were to be chosen by ballot, two black balls to exclude the candidate. There was to be a new preses chosen... | |
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The dinner was on the table at two " o'clock, at one shilling a-head: we drank the best claret and sherry, and the " reckoning was punctually called at six o'clock. After the first fifteen, who " were chosen by nomination, the members were elected by... 