 Just in the nick, the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving-man, with dish in hand March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away.  The Journal of an Exile ... - Pàgina 77per Thomas Alexander Boswell - 1825 - 658 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 798 pàgines
...been shrewdly touched, even before the sluices of popular liberty were yet set open. Walton's Buck. Just in the nick ; the cook knock'd thrice, And all...the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each servant-man, with dish in hand. Marched boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. Hackling... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pàgines
...rolling-pin, struck upon the dresser by the cook, summoned the servants to carry in the meats. Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train band, Presented and away.* The dinner... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 330 pàgines
...rolling-pin, struck upon the dresser by the cook, summoned the servants to carry in the meats. Just in this nick the cook knock'd, thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; F 2 Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train band, Presented and away.... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 436 pàgines
...: The business of the kitchen's great, For it is fit that men should eat, Nor was it there denied. Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey : Each serving man with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train 'd band, Presented, and away. When... | |
 | Garland - 1836 - 246 pàgines
...; The business of the kitchen 's great, For it is fit that men should eat, Nor was it there denied. Just in the nick, the cook knock'd thrice, And all...the waiters in a trice His summons did obey : Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1836 - 448 pàgines
...I trow, besides the bride : The business of the kitchen's great, For it is fit that men should eat, Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey : Each serving man with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pàgines
...rolling-pin struck upon the dresser by the cook summoned the servants to carry in the meats. ' Just in this nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey : Each serving man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train-band, Presented and away.' " The... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1839 - 390 pàgines
...So in Suckling, when the wedding dinner was ready, he says, — " Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey." Our next extract shall be a description of NIGHT. " Now great Hyperion left his golden throne, That... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pàgines
...: The bus'ness of the kitchen's great, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there denied. Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving man with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented and away. When all... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pàgines
...: The bus'ness of the kitchen's great, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there denied. ' u Z W U4 J ֒X P" G ) ; ~ ƻ j Z v e MO...=xg z , Ճ 8 q `+ f z # s | ? i A Ƕ like our train'd-band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife,... | |
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