 | Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 pages
...library, when we heard a distant thwacking sound, which he informed me was a signal for the serving up of the dinner. The squire kept up old customs in kitchen...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... | |
 | Sir John Suckling - 1886 - 262 pages
...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...man, with dish in hand, Marched boldly up, like our train'd band, Presented, and away. When all the meat was on the table, What man of knife, or teeth,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 pages
...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...summons did obey ; 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,... | |
 | 1889 - 552 pages
...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 trained band, Presented, and away. When... | |
 | H. T. B., Practical Housewife - 1889 - 256 pages
...ben. Wt girdle cakes weel-toasted brown. ' ' SCOTTISH SONGS.' 201 'Just in the nick the cook knock' d thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; or ten minutes. Turn out immediately on a folded cloth, strip off the paper, and leave the cakes... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 160 pages
...all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Their ovens thev with bak' t meats choke. And all their spits are turning. Without...Marched boldly up, like our train band, Presented, and away."2 The dinner was served up in the great hall, where the Squire always held his Christmas banquet.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 242 pages
...cold, it hap to die, Wee1 1 bury 'I in a Christmas pyc, And e^'ermore be merry." WITHERS,! Jwuenilia. I HAD finished my toilet, and was loitering with Frank...Marched boldly up, like our train band, Presented, and away."2 The dinner was served up in the great hall, where the Squire always held his Christmas banquet.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...library, when we heard a distant thwacking sound, which he informed me was a signal for the serving up of the dinner. The squire kept up old customs in kitchen...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... | |
 | Sir John Suckling, Alfred Inigo Suckling - 1892 - 262 pages
...night, as some did in conceit, It would have spoiled him surely. Just in the nick the cook knocked thrice, And all the waiters in a trice His summons did obey ; because he gives only a glimpse, and leaves the rest to fancy. Indeed Homer, in describing the peerless... | |
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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... 
