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" ... him. He ordered an attendant to pour it into several bowls, and putting the bottle away, made signs for us to drink, but would not taste it himself till all of us had been served. He was nowise discomposed at being obliged to entertain his company... "
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great ... - Page 20
by Basil Hall, Herbert John Clifford - 1818 - 222 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 29

1818 - 590 pages
...ordered an attendant to pour it into t* several bowls, and putting the bottle away, made signs for us tt> drink, but would not taste it himself till all of us had been served. He wjg nowise discomposed at being obliged to entertain his company at their own expense ; on the contrary,...
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Voyage to Corea, and the Island of Loo-Choo

Basil Hall - Korea - 1820 - 296 pages
...pay our respects to him in his boat. He made signs for us to sit down, honouring us at the same time with a corner of his own mat; When we were seated,...bottle away, made signs for us to drink, but would not on any account taste it himself till all of us had been served. He was not in the smallest degree dis...
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Curiosities of savage life

James Greenwood - 1864 - 506 pages
...distress at having nothing to entertain us with, upon which a bottle of wine was sent for and given him. He ordered an attendant to pour it into several...affair with so much cheerfulness and ease as to make UB suspect sometimes that he saw and enjoyed the oddity of the scene and circumstances as fully as...
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Curiosities of Savage Life

James Greenwood - Anthropology - 1865 - 466 pages
...distress at having nothing to entertain us with, upon which a bottle of wine was sent for and given him. He ordered an attendant to pour it into several...putting the bottle away, made signs for us to drink, bat would not taste it himself till all of us had been served. He was nowise discomposed at being obliged...
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Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volumes 10-15

Royal Asiatic Society--Korea Branch - Korea - 1919 - 678 pages
...pay our respects to him in his boat. He rnade signs for us to sit down, honouring us at the same time with a corner of his own mat. When we were seated,...whole affair with so much cheerfulness and ease, as to rriake us suspect sometimes that he saw and enjoyed the oddity of the scene and circumstances, as fully...
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