I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist, till 'tis cool enough to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where I often sup, take the air on horseback the next, and go on the water the third. The fishery of this part... The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 411804Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1821 - 346 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist till it is cool enough to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where I often sup, take the air on. horseback... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1897 - 610 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist...river belongs to me ; and my fisherman's little boat (where I have a green lute-string awning) serves me for a barge.' This letter, for purposes of quotation,... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 510 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist,...part of the river belongs to me ; and my fisherman's httle boat — to which I have a green lute-string awning — serves me for a barge. He and his son... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 288 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist,...horseback the next, and go on the water the third. The tishery of this part of the river belongs to me ; and my fisherman's little boat — to which I have... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837 - 386 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist, till 't is cool enough to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where I often sup, take the air on horseback... | |
| Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1845 - 126 pages
...three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piequet or whist, till it is time to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where I often sup, take the air on horsebaek the next, and go on the water the third. The fishing of this part of the river belongs to... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at picquet or whist, till it is time to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where I...horseback the next, and go on the water the third. The fishing of this part of the river belongs to me, and my fisherman's little boat (to which I have a... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 pages
...an hour. At twelve I conitantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist,...enough to go out. One evening I walk in my wood, where 1 often sup, take the air on horseback the next, and go on the water the third. The fishery of this... | |
| 1871 - 1032 pages
...an hour. At twelve, I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist,...wood where I often sup, take the air on horseback the nnxt, and go on the water the third." Another time she says : " I have had this morning as much delight... | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1887 - 622 pages
...an hour. At twelve I constantly dine, and sleep after dinner till about three. I then send for some of my old priests, and either play at piquet or whist,...river belongs to me ; and my fisherman's little boat (where I have a green lutestring awning) serves me for a barge. He and his son are my rowers without... | |
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