The Clubs of London ...H. Colburn, 1832 |
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... the French cookery , he was eternally extolling it ; but he took care to give it a name more familiar to his English ear , though in reality a French one - for he called it a rendezvous . Being asked if he THE BEEF - STEAK CLUB . 95.
... the French cookery , he was eternally extolling it ; but he took care to give it a name more familiar to his English ear , though in reality a French one - for he called it a rendezvous . Being asked if he THE BEEF - STEAK CLUB . 95.
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... Give the thing a fair trial , ' roared out Humphrey Sturt from the stage - box , with the intonation of a bull . Such an appeal to the equity of the audience , and from such brazen beings , had some effect , and the storm was lulled ...
... Give the thing a fair trial , ' roared out Humphrey Sturt from the stage - box , with the intonation of a bull . Such an appeal to the equity of the audience , and from such brazen beings , had some effect , and the storm was lulled ...
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... Give her up ! Give her up ! oh , give her up ! ' This was too much . Humphrey Sturt threw himself back on the bench , and burst into a fit of horse - laughing , as deafening as the falls of Niagara , and the rest of the audience caught ...
... Give her up ! Give her up ! oh , give her up ! ' This was too much . Humphrey Sturt threw himself back on the bench , and burst into a fit of horse - laughing , as deafening as the falls of Niagara , and the rest of the audience caught ...
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... give some account of a soi - disant Literary Club , which , perhaps , may answer equally well as a description of many other assemblies of the same class . Of all solemn bores , these learned Clubs are the most oppressive : they have ...
... give some account of a soi - disant Literary Club , which , perhaps , may answer equally well as a description of many other assemblies of the same class . Of all solemn bores , these learned Clubs are the most oppressive : they have ...
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... give them " homage due ? " Then it was , that my little domestic preparations , and my own bottle of quiet Port , from which I had been so wanton a recreant , rushed upbraidingly on my recollec- tion ! But stop till the cloth is removed ...
... give them " homage due ? " Then it was , that my little domestic preparations , and my own bottle of quiet Port , from which I had been so wanton a recreant , rushed upbraidingly on my recollec- tion ! But stop till the cloth is removed ...
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards amidst amongst amusement anecdote Arthur Murphy banker barrister Beef Beef-Steaks Burke called character Charles Charles Morris Cobb conversation convivial counsellor Court Curran delighted Dick Dick's dine dinner Drûg Dublin Duke of Norfolk eloquence English Erskine exclaimed Farmer feelings fortune French revolution gave genius gentleman give Grace heard heart holy honour Horne Tooke hour humour Humphrey Sturt intellect Irish Jasus John JOHN HORNE TOOKE Kemble Killarney kind lady late laugh Linley literary Lord Lord Kingsborough Lord Sandwich Mackintosh ment Micky mind mirth morning natural never night notes observed occasion party person play political poor port wine powers racter remarked replied returned Rooney Serjeant Shakspeare Sheridan Sir Francis Burdett speech spirit Steaks Sublime Society sure taste tell theatre thing tion told Walsh whilst whole Wilkes WILLIAM LINLEY wine word