 I myself,' says the traveller, Fynes Morrison, in the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, the scene being the Lowlands of Scotland, 'was at a knight's house, who had many servants to attend him, that brought in his meat with their heads covered with blue...  Picture of Edinburgh - Page 393by John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1779 - 508 pages
...who vifited Edinburgh, AD 1598. " Myfelf," fays he, " was at a knight's houfe, who had many fervants to attend him, that brought in his meat with their heads covered with blew caps, the table being more than half furnilhed with great platters of porridge, each having a... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...in a very interesting manner, recorded, upon his visiting Edinburgh, in 1598. " Myself," says he, " was at a Knight's house, who had many servants to...covered with blue caps; the table being more than half-furnished with great platters of porridge, each having a little piece of sodden meat; and, when... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...has, in a very interesting manner recorded, upon his visiting Edinburgh, in 1598. "Myself," says he, " was at a Knight's house, who had many servants to...covered with blue caps ; the table being more than Jialf furnished with 130 great platters of porridge each having a little piece of sodden meat; and,... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...store,) by giving our author's account of the mode of living and manners of the Scotch. t " Myself was at a knight's house, who had many servants to...meat; and when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess instead of porridge, had a pullet with some prunes in the... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...in store,) by giving our author's account of the mode of living and manners of the Scotch. " Myself was at a knight's house, -who had many servants to...meat; and when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess instead of porridge, had a pullet with some prunes in the... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...in store,) by giving our author's account of the mode of living and manners of the Scotch. " Myself was at a knight's house, who had many servants to...meat ; and when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess instead of porridge, had a pullet with some prunes in the... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...in store,) by giving our author's account of the mode of living and manners of the Scotch. " Myself was at a knight's house, who had many servants to...meat; and when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess instead of porridge, had a pullet with some prunes in the... | |
 | James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...says he, " was at a knight's bruise, who had muny servants to attend him, that brnught ¡n his meut, with their heads covered with blue caps, the table...platters of porridge, each having a little piece of sudden meat; and when the table was served, the servants sat down with из ; but the tipper mess instead... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1829 - 378 pages
...writer, who visited Edinburgh in 1598, says, that at the house of a knight, where he dined, the table was more than half furnished with great platters of porridge, each having a little piece of sodden meat. He further informs us, that the servants sat down to dinner at the same table, and adds, " I observed... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 780 pages
...traveller, Fynes Morrison, in the end of Qneen Elizabeth's reign, the scene being the Lowlands of Scotland, "was at a knight's house, who had many servants to attend him, that bronght in his meat with their heads covered with blue caps, the table being more than half furnished... | |
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