 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman, the Frenchman to a Swiss, and the Swiss to a Polancler ; so that by the time you get to her ladyship's presence, you ha\ e changed your name five... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1807 - 456 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman; the Frenchman to a Swiss ; and...you have changed your name five times without the expence of an Act of Parliament.* " My father, brother Morris, and brother Charles, are in town. My... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman, the Frenchman to я* Swiss, and the Swiss to a Polander ; so that by the...ladyship's presence, you have changed your name five limes without the expense of an Act of Parliament.* • In another letter dated 8th Oct following,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliographical literature - 1807 - 912 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door; he gives it to an Italian, who delK;rs it to a Frenchman; the Frenchman to a Swiss ; and the Swiss to a Polandcr; so that by the time you get to her ladyship's presence, you have changed your name five times... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...of Rabel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman ; the Frenchman to a Swiss; and...times without the expense of an act of parliament." In another letter dated the Sth October following, Mrs. Montagu write* thus: " Lady Mary W. Montagu... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 828 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman ; the Frenchman to a Swiss ; and the Swiss to a Polandrr ; so tl1at by the time you get to her Ladyship's presence, you have changed ;our r.ame rive... | |
 | 1893 - 846 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman, the Frenchman to a Swiss, and the Swiss to a Pole ; so that by the time you get to her ladyship's presence, you have changed your name five times... | |
 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - Authors, English - 1845 - 126 pages
...takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenehman; the Frenehman to a Swiss, and the Swiss to a Polander; so that by the time you get to her ladyship's presenee, you have ehanged your name five times, without the expense of an aet of parliament." A eaneer,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1847 - 376 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman ; the Frenchman to a Swiss, and...times without the expense of an act of parliament/'— (T"e passage is in her collected letters, but we get it from tne Censura Literaria of Sir Egerton Brydges,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - Beauty, Personal - 1847 - 382 pages
...of Babel. An Hungarian servant takes your name at the door; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman; the Frenchman to a Swiss, and the...your name five times without the expense of an act of parliament."—(The passage is in her collected letters, but we get it from the Censura Literaria of... | |
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Hungarian servant takes your name at the door ; he gives it to an Italian, who delivers it to a Frenchman ; the Frenchman to a Swiss ; and the Swiss to a Polander ; so that by the time you get to her ladyship's presence, you have changed your name five... 
