I began last week to permit my wife to sit at dinner with me, at the farthest end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well... Notes and Queries - Page 2781878Full view - About this book
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 pages
...end of along table; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...farthestend of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions 1 asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with me, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with tire utmost brevity)- the fewquestionsl asked her. Tet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I always keep my noea well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 468 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1883 - 466 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1903 - 440 pages
...end of a long table ; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions I asked her. Yet, the smell of a Yahoo continuing very offensive, I...well stopped with rue, lavender, or tobacco leaves. And, although it be hard for a man late in life, to remove old habits, I am not altogether out of hopes,... | |
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