 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
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 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 np, like our train-band, Presented and away.2 The dinner... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pàgines
...The business of the kitchen 's great, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there denied. 15 Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all...serving-man with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented and away. 16 When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife,... | |
 | Lounger in society the pseud - 1881 - 374 pàgines
...great, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there denied. 'Just in the nick, the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; Each serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like one trained band, Presented, and away. ' When all the meat was on the table,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pàgines
...so handled still the matter, They came as good as ours, or better, Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving-man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our trained band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 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, Uurdi'il boldly up, like our train band, Presented, and away.* •... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 220 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... | |
 | Wm. J. Linton - 1883 - 294 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...Each serving-man with dish in hand March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table What man of knife, or... | |
 | William James Linton - 1883 - 396 pàgines
...There's that that would be thought upon, For it is fit that men should eat ; Nor was it there denied. Just in the nick the cook knock'd thrice, And all...Each serving-man with dish in hand March'd boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table What man of knife, or... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 pàgines
...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...serving-man, with dish in hand, March'd boldly up, like our train-band, Presented, and away." * The dinner was served up in the great hall, where the... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1886 - 262 pàgines
...great, For it is fit that men should eat; Nor was it there denied. Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey; Each serving man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When... | |
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