 ... he has had the surprising sagacity to discover that apples will make pies, and it is a question if, in the violence of his efforts, we do not get one of apples instead of having both of beefsteaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment,...  Life of Washington, v.3-4 - Page 474by Washington Irving - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 650 pages
...beefsteaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring),...fare and poor the table equipage at headquarters, everything was conducted with strict etiquette and decorum, and we make no doubt the ladies in question... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Readers - 1902 - 340 pages
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am, dear Doctor, yours, GEORGE WASHINGTON. 76. A View of American Troops BY A GERMAN OFFICER (1777)... | |
 | United States - 1902 - 348 pages
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am, dear Doctor, yours, c< GEORGE WASHINGTON. 76. A View of American Troops BY A GERMAN OFFICER... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Readers - 1902 - 340 pages
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am, dear Doctor, yours, &c GEORGE WASHINGTON. 76. A View of American Troops BY A GERMAN OFFICER... | |
 | Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York - New York (State) - 1903 - 348 pages
...the ladies can put up with such entertainment and will submit to partake of it on plates, — once tin, but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them. I am, Dr, Dr, Yr. most Obed. Ser5 G° WASHINGTON." With the agreeable memory of that dinner, we may... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 660 pages
...beefsteaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and wil] submit to partake of it on plates once tin but now iron (not become so by the labor of scouring),...fare and poor the table equipage at head-quarters, everything was conducted with strict etiquette and decorum, and we make no doubt the ladies in question... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - American letters - 1905 - 176 pages
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron — not become so by the labor of scouring — I shall be happy to see them. 1 XXX Horatio Nelson to Mrs. Nelson Off Leghorn, August 18, 1794. I left Calvi on the 1sth, and hope... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - American letters - 1905 - 176 pages
...If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron — not become so by the labor of scouring — I shall be happy to see them.1 XXX Horatio Nelson to Mrs. Nelson Off Leghorn, August 18, 1794. I left Calvi on the isth, and... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1908 - 500 pages
...Beef-steaks. If the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit to partake of it on plates once Tin but now Iron — (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them; and am dear Doctor, yours, &c. On the Injustice of Tender Laws To Lund Washington WEST POINT, 17 August,... | |
 | Elizabeth Deering Hanscom - American letters - 1908 - 410 pages
...the ladies can put up with such entertainment, and will submit 322 to partake of it on plates, once Tin but now Iron — (not become so by the labor of scouring), I shall be happy to see them ; and am, dear Doctor, yours, &c. . . . Aaron Burr regrets <^ <^ <^ *^>- ^i- <^ NEW- YORK, April 18,... | |
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