 | 1822 - 634 oldal
...learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, who in his merry humour doubted not at table to call me Furcifer, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause. Anecdote of Sterne. — Soon after the celebrated and benevolent Mr. Sterne had taken possession of... | |
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 692 oldal
...learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, Mr. Lawrence Whitaker ; who, in his merry humour, doubted not to call me at table FURCIFER*, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause." In New Bridge Street, is the HAND IN HAND FIRE OFFICE. This office, erected in the year 1696, for insuring... | |
 | David Hughson - 1807 - 696 oldal
...of mine, Mr. Lawrence Whiraker; who, in his merry humour, doubted not to call me at table FURCIFEK*, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause." In New Bridge Street, is the HAND IN HAND FIRE OFFICE. This office, erected in the year 1696, for insuring... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 oldal
...of mine, Mr. Lawrence Whitaker : who in his merry humour doubted not to call me a table FurciJ'er, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause." FORK (Tuning), an instrument used by musicians to pitch the key of a tune lobe sung. It is made of... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1814 - 708 oldal
...mine, one Mr. Laurence Whitaker, who in his merry humour doubted not to call me at tabley«rr(/er, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause. furnace-forks ; because in tiie low G&vmwc\,forke is a very old name given to such implements. The... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1819 - 174 oldal
...friend of mine, Mr. Lawrence Whitaker, who, in his merry humour, •doubted not to call me a/arei/er, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause." HACKNEY COACHES, WHY SO CALLED, AND WHEN flRST INTRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY. It was from this village... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1820 - 122 oldal
...familiar friend of mine, Lawrence Whilaker, who, in his merry humour, doubted not to call me a.furcifer, only for using a forke at feeding, but for no other cause." Hackney Coaches, why so called, and when first introduced in this country. It was from the village... | |
 | 1823 - 872 oldal
...familiar friend of mine, Mr Lawrence Whitaker j who in his merry humour doubted not to call me a t»b\e 3 > Ѕ -uZE 9 UEm o j v , S{ [ ӏxY D 8^ ד R V FOR LI, an ancient and considerable town of Italy, and capital of a territory of the same name, in... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 364 oldal
...mine, " one M. Laurence Whitaker, who in his merry humour " doubted not to call me at table JFurcifer, only for using " a forke at feeding, but for no other cause."-|* The old method in which one guest pledged another was thus: the person about to drink asked him who sat... | |
 | Henry Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland - 1827 - 522 oldal
...Gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, Mr. Law" rence \V hi taker ; who in his merry humour doubted not " to call me at table Furcifer, only for using a Forke at feed" ing, but for no other cause." Coryat's Crudities, p. 90, 91. 4to, London 1611. Even when Heylin... | |
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... only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home; being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke by a certain learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one Mr. Laurence Whitaker, who in his merry... 
