 ... last night. The President is very near deaf, and much nearer superannuated. He sits by the table : the mistress of the house, who formerly was his, inquires after every dish on the table, is told who has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of...  The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford - Page 416by Horace Walpole - 1861Full view - About this book
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...who has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the president's ear. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...notice of by her majesty, I said, alluding to Madame de Sevigne — " La reine eit le plus grand roi de monde" You may judge if I am in possession by a... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the president's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...one of them is to be reported to the queen to-day by Henault, who is her great favourite. I had been at Versailles ; and having been much taken notice of... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the president's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...one of them is to be reported to the queen to-day by Henault, who is her great favourite. I l1ad been at Versailles; and having been much taken notice of... | |
 | 742 pages
...has eatcu of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is every blunder I make against grammar."1*1 Three months after this we find Horace Walpole more pleased with the Marquise du Deffand,... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...one of them is to be reported to the Queen to-day by Henault who is her great favourite. I had been at Versailles ; and having been much taken notice of... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 574 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...her Majesty, I said, alluding to Madame Sevigne, La Reine est le plus grand roi du monde. You may judge if I am in possession by a scene that passed after... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 580 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...one of them is to be reported to the Queen to-day by Henault, who is her great favourite. I had been at Versailles; and having been much taken notice of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 424 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is every blunder I make against grammar." This passage proves that Walpole's first impressions in regard to Madame du Deffand were far from being... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 552 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the President's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...one of them is to be reported to the Queen to-day by Henault, who is her great favourite. I had been at Versailles; and having been much taken notice of... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton - 1860 - 532 pages
...has eaten of which, and then bawls the bill of fare of every individual into the president's ears. In short, every mouthful is proclaimed, and so is...reported to the queen to-day by Renault, who is her great favorite. I had been at Versailles, and having been much taken notice of by her majesty, I said, alluding... | |
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