Movable Feasts: A Reconnaissance of the Origins and Consequences of Fluctuations in Meal-times, with Special Attention to the Introduction of Luncheon and Afternoon Tea |
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Page 48
... half the peerage , half the Cabinet , and half the ambassadors . White's and Brooks's were , in the years under consideration , being eclipsed by Wattier's ; the greatest of them all , Crockford's , was about to open . To read Gronow's ...
... half the peerage , half the Cabinet , and half the ambassadors . White's and Brooks's were , in the years under consideration , being eclipsed by Wattier's ; the greatest of them all , Crockford's , was about to open . To read Gronow's ...
Page 82
... half an hour earlier ; these seem to have been the usual and favourite hours of busy men who could eat when they wished . The meal was solid and simple , the courses few . We see the Duke of Wellington , then in his eightieth year ...
... half an hour earlier ; these seem to have been the usual and favourite hours of busy men who could eat when they wished . The meal was solid and simple , the courses few . We see the Duke of Wellington , then in his eightieth year ...
Page 107
... half - pint of wine.1 Afterwards , too , the member could smoke , if he pleased , though not nearly so comfortably or so soon as might be supposed . At White's , cigars were first allowed in 1845 , or 152 years after the club's ...
... half - pint of wine.1 Afterwards , too , the member could smoke , if he pleased , though not nearly so comfortably or so soon as might be supposed . At White's , cigars were first allowed in 1845 , or 152 years after the club's ...
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