 | Marion Harland - 1912 - 1022 頁
...hour of four is always ready for visitors, and servants are always in waiting. Twenty of us went one day without warning, and were entertained luxuriously on the viands of the country. Our drinks consisted of beer and wine. He does not allow cigars to be smoked on his premises." The fact... | |
 | John Wilson Townsend - 1913 - 412 頁
...— is always ready for visitors ; and servants are always in waiting. Twenty of us went out today, without warning, and were entertained luxuriously...as smooth as velvet. From this diverge, in various direction, and forming vistas terminated by picturesque objects, groves and walks extending over some... | |
 | John Wilson Townsend - 1913 - 412 頁
...— is always ready for visitors ; and servants are always in waiting. Twenty of us went out today, without warning, and were entertained luxuriously...never gives; nor does he allow cigars to be smoked in bis presence. His house consists of a cluster of rustic cottages, in front of which spreads a beautiful,... | |
 | Mississippi Valley Historical Association - 1915 - 376 頁
...is always ready for visitors ; and the servants are always in waiting. Twenty of us went out today without warning, and were entertained luxuriously...spreads a beautiful, sloping lawn as smooth as velvet. Prom this diverge, in various directions, and forming vistas terminated by picturesque objects, groves... | |
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... his fortune but in adorning his place and entertaining his friends and strangers. No word is ever sent to him that company is coming. To do so offends him. But a dinner — he dines at the hour of four — is always ready for visitors ; and servants... 