The Queens of American SocietyCharles Scribner & Company, 1868 - 464 من الصفحات |
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... guests were pressed to demolish the various meats and wash them down with cider , ale , brandy , and Bordeaux wine . Twenty - one counties in Virginia , comprising nearly a quarter of the State , are said to have once belonged to one ...
... guests were pressed to demolish the various meats and wash them down with cider , ale , brandy , and Bordeaux wine . Twenty - one counties in Virginia , comprising nearly a quarter of the State , are said to have once belonged to one ...
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... guests . He mentioned that the last course at dinner consisted of pancakes , with a bowl of sugar and one of molasses . Webster refused the mo- lasses : " Enough of that in my own country , " he said . General Washington then told the ...
... guests . He mentioned that the last course at dinner consisted of pancakes , with a bowl of sugar and one of molasses . Webster refused the mo- lasses : " Enough of that in my own country , " he said . General Washington then told the ...
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... guest , and when it had been drunk , the President rose and led the way to the drawing- room . Two days afterwards Mrs. Washington held her first levee , the President continuing to receive every Tuesday afternoon . Mrs. Washington ...
... guest , and when it had been drunk , the President rose and led the way to the drawing- room . Two days afterwards Mrs. Washington held her first levee , the President continuing to receive every Tuesday afternoon . Mrs. Washington ...
الصفحة 30
... guests with every thing they wanted from time to time , as they came in to refresh themselves , which they did as often as a party had done dancing , making room for another set . We retired about ten o'clock , in the height of the ...
... guests with every thing they wanted from time to time , as they came in to refresh themselves , which they did as often as a party had done dancing , making room for another set . We retired about ten o'clock , in the height of the ...
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... guest , that venerable man was placed at the right of Mrs. Washington . " At the age of thirty - six , Robert Morris had married Miss White , the sister of Bishop White . She was described as " a lady of elegant accomplish- ments , rich ...
... guest , that venerable man was placed at the right of Mrs. Washington . " At the age of thirty - six , Robert Morris had married Miss White , the sister of Bishop White . She was described as " a lady of elegant accomplish- ments , rich ...
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الصفحة 245 - Two messengers, covered with dust, come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.
الصفحة 245 - My husband left me yesterday morning to join General Winder. He inquired anxiously whether I had courage or firmness to remain in the President's House until his return, on the morrow or succeeding day, and on my assurance that I had no fear but for him and the success of our army, he left me, beseeching me to take care of myself, and of the Cabinet papers, public and private.
الصفحة 105 - In front of the house the noble Hudson rolls his majestic waves, bearing upon his bosom innumerable small vessels, which are constantly forwarding the rich products of the neighboring soil to the busy hand of a more extensive commerce. Beyond the Hudson rises to our view the fertile country of the Jerseys, covered with a golden harvest, and pouring forth plenty like the cornucopia of Ceres.
الصفحة 143 - At eleven o'clock, it is day, chez madame. The curtains are drawn. Propped on bolsters and pillows, and her head scratched into a little order, the bulletins of the sick are read, and the billets of the well. She writes to some of her acquaintance, and receives the visits of others.
الصفحة 246 - Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured: and it requires to be unscrewed from the wal1.
الصفحة 245 - Since sunrise I have been turning my spy-glass in every direction and watching with unwearied anxiety, hoping to discover the approach of my dear husband and his friends; but, alas! I can descry only groups of military wandering in all directions, as if there was a lack of arms, or of spirit, to fight for their own firesides!
الصفحة 245 - Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage ; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. I am determined not to go myself, until I see Mr. Madison safe, and he can accompany me — as I hear of much hostility toward him Disaffection stalks around us. My friends and acquaintances are all gone, even Colonel C. with his hundred men, who were stationed as a guard in this enclosure...
الصفحة 245 - John (a faithful domestic) with his usual activity and resolution offers to spike the cannon at the gate, and lay a train of powder which would blow up the British, should they enter the house.
الصفحة 38 - With respect to the distribution of your time, the following is what I should approve : From 8 to 10, practice music. From 10 to 1, dance one day and draw another. From 1 to 2, draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day. From 3 to 4, read French. From 4 to 5, exercise yourself in music. From 5 till bed-time, read English, write, etc.
الصفحة 340 - There was once a nest in a hollow; Down in the mosses and knot-grass pressed, Soft and warm, and full to the brim. Vetches leaned over it purple and dim, With buttercup buds to follow. I pray you, hear my song of a nest, For it is not long...