 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1828 - 530 pages
...much like a similar apartment in the house of a man of rank and fortune in Europe. The dining room was in a better taste than is common here, being quite...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table plate. The cloth, napkins, &c. &c., were fine and beautiful. The dinner... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1833 - 732 pages
...drawing-room was an apartment of a good size, and of just proportions. It might have been about aa large as a better sort of Paris salon, in a private...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance '• Tho wife of the President is always styled the time M any other lady. SERVICE OF THE DINNER. 55... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1835 - 724 pages
...air. When dinner was announced, the oldest Senator present (there were two, and seniority of service is meant) took Mrs. Monroe and led her to the table.*...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance * Tho wife of the President is always styled the same as ai.y other lady. SERVICE OF THE DINNER. 55... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - United States - 1838 - 382 pages
...air. When dinner was announced, the oldest Senator present (there were two, and seniority of service is meant) took Mrs. Monroe and led her to the table.*...President is always styled the same as any other lady. of the smaller articles of table plate. The cloth, napkins, &c. &C., were fine and beautiful. The dinner... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1859 - 720 pages
...being quite simple, and but little furnished. The table was large and rather handsome. The service waa in china, as is uniformly the case, plate being exceedingly...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance 0 The wife of the President is always styled the Game as an; other lady. SERVICE OF THE DINNER. 393... | |
 | John B. Ellis - History - 1869 - 548 pages
...salon in a private hotel. It was furnished in a mixed style, partly English and partly French. * * * It was neat, sufficiently rich, without being at all...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table-plate. The cloth, napkins, &c., &c., were fine and beautiful. " The... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - Presidents - 1870 - 704 pages
...President took a lady, as usual, and preceded the rest of the guests. ****** " The dining-room was in better taste than is common here, being quite simple...was,' however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table plate. The cloth, napkins, &c., <fcc., were fine and beautiful. "The... | |
 | Laura Carter Holloway - Presidents - 1881 - 800 pages
...order. The President took a lady, as usual, and preceded the rest of the guests. The dining-room was in better taste than is common here, being quite simple...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table-plate. The cloth, napkins, etc., etc., were fine and beautiful. The... | |
 | Herman Dieck - Presidents - 1884 - 778 pages
...English and partly French. ... It was neat, sufficiently rich, without being at all magn ifi cent, and, on the whole, was very much like a similar apartment...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table-plate. The cloth, napkins, &c., &c., were fine and beautiful. " The... | |
 | Lawrence F. Prescott - Campaign literature - 1896 - 574 pages
...salon in a private hotel. It was iirnished in a mixed style, partly English and partly French. ... It was neat, sufficiently rich, without being at all...was, however, a rich plateau, and a great abundance of the smaller articles of table-plate. The cloth, napkins, &c., &c., were fine and beautiful. "The... | |
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The dining-room was in a better taste than is common here, being quite simple, and but little furnished. The table was large and rather handsome. The service was in china, as is uniformly the case, plate being exceedingly rare, if at all used. There was... 
