 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in 1, 'inching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 532 pages
...time, when the fashionable hours • were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...present age of refinement. — Our ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...The company being seated around the genial board, anil each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this... | |
 | England - 1820 - 730 pages
...present age of refinement — Our ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company hoing seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in bunching... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...often done in the present age of refinement. Our ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces jn this mighty dish : in much the same manner as sailors harpoon pbrpoises at sea, or our Indians spear... | |
 | 1821 - 732 pages
...time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The teatable was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 572 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon 188 ANCIENT MODE. porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon iu the !;t !<•:>. Sometimes the table... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoojf fS8 ANCIENT MODE. porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes the... | |
 | Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1825 - 356 pages
...hrown, cut up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company bemg seated around the genial hoard, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity...the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, Oe our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies, or... | |
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The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon... 
