 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1806 - 532 pages
...sodden meat ; and when the table was served, the servants sat •down with us ; but the upper^mess, instead of 'porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...and I observed no art of cookery, or furniture of household-steffi but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companions, sent From the governor... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...of sodden meat; and, when the table was served, the servants sat down with us ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...of household stuff, but rather rude neglect of both ; tho' myself and my companions, sent from the Governor of Berwick, about Bordering affairs, were entertained... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...of sodden meat; and, when the table was served, the servants sat down with us; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...household stuff, but rather rude neglect of both; tho* myself and my companions, sent from the Governor of Berwick, about Bordering affairs, were entertained... | |
 | Hugo Arnot - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1816 - 564 pages
...sodden meat, and when the ' table was served, the servants sat down with us ; but the ' upper mess instead of porridge had a pullet, with some ' prunes...And I observed no art of cookery or ' furniture of household-stuff, but rather rude neglect of both, ' though myself and my companion, sent from the governor... | |
 | David Webster (topographer.) - Scotland - 1819 - 690 pages
...of sodden meat ; and, when the table was served, the servants sat down with us; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...and I observed no art of cookery, or furniture of household-stuff, but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and rny companions, sent from the governor... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...sodden 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 broth. And I obsenred no art of cookery, or furniture of household stuff, but rather rude neglect of both, though... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1823 - 422 pages
...of sodden meat ; and when the table was served, the servants sat down with us ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companions, sent from the governor of Berwick about bordering affairs, were entertained alter their... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...sodden 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...but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companion, sent from the governor of Berwick about bordering affairs, were entertained after their... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...sodden 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...but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companion, sent from the governor of Berwick about bordering affairs, were entertained after their... | |
 | James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...piece of sodden meat; and when the table was served, the servants sat down with us ; but the upper mess instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth ; and 1 observed no art of cookery, or furniture of household stuff, but rather rude neglect of both, though... | |
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... many servants to attend him, that brought in his meat with their heads 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 the table was served, the... 
