 | 1786 - 694 pages
...a thii cor¡4i:.-r¡! clul) could the fini, he 1¿ilifiei!; but if ia üíe paílige, and could cot force his way through it, the foldingdoors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was diluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it confided but of fiftccji peifons, weighed... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pages
...unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton !... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pages
...unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton !... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...door of a moderate size, and the other by. a pair of folding-doors. If a candidate for this corpulent club could make his entrance through the first, he...for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton. In... | |
 | 1808 - 306 pages
...this corpulent cluh could make his entrance through the first, he was looked upon as unqualified ; hut if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his...thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a hrother. I have heard that this duh, though it consisted hut of fifteen persons, weighed ahove three... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I haye heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton. In... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother, I have heard! that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...door of a moderate size, and the other by a pair of folding-doors. If a candidate for this corpulent club could make his entrance through the first, he...for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this cl»b, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...unqualified; but if he stuck in the passage , and could not force his way through it-, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons , weighed above three tun.... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding doors were immediately thrown open for his reception, and he was saluted as a brother. I have heard that this club, though it consisted but of fifteen persons, weighed above three ton. In... | |
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If a candidate for this corpulent club could make his entrance through the first, he was looked upon as unqualified ; but if he stuck in the passage, and could not force his way through it, the folding-doors were immediately thrown open for his reception,... 
