You are to understand that I live in the corner of a vast unfurnished house : my family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board-wages, and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment,... The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and ... - Pagina 8door Alexander Pope - 1754Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| James Wills - 1876 - 736 pagina’s
...steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all on board wages ; and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton pie and drink half a pint of wine ; my amusements are, defending... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pagina’s
...a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board wages, and when I do not dine abroad or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton pie and drink half a pint of wine ; my amusements are defending... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 504 pagina’s
...corner of a vast unfurnished house : my family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board-wages,...not dine abroad, or make an entertainment, (which last is very rare,) I eat a mutton pie, and drink half a pint of wine : my amusements are defending... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 510 pagina’s
...corner of a vast unfurnished house : my family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board-wages,...not dine abroad, or make an entertainment, (which last is very rare,) I eat a mutton pie, and drink half a pint of wine : my amusements are defending... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 504 pagina’s
...corner of a vast unfurnished house: my family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board-wages,...not dine abroad, or make an entertainment, (which last is very rare,) I eat a mutton pie, and drink half a pint of wine : my amusements are defending... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1883 - 524 pagina’s
...steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board wages ; and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton pie and drink half a pint of wine. My amusements are, defending... | |
| Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 pagina’s
...steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board wages ; and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton-pie, and 1 He was frequently carping at Pope for bad rhymes in many... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 pagina’s
...a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board wages, and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton-pie and drink half a pint of wine ; my amusements are defending... | |
| William J. O'Neill Daunt - 1888 - 338 pagina’s
...steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all on board wages ; and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton pie and drink half a pint of wine. My amusements are, defending... | |
| Gerald Patrick Moriarty - 1893 - 388 pagina’s
...corner of a vast unfurnished house; my family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman and an old maid, who are all at boardwages...do not dine abroad or make an entertainment (which last is very rare), I eat a mutton-pie and drink half a pint of wine ; my amusements are defending... | |
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