 | Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1911 - 614 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle ; being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver ! They had been bought for...make, but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbours. IRISH. MR. B. i. OWTNN. [A.] Translate... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1912 - 274 Seiten
...progress, 15 in spite of principle; being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-andtwenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or20 apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1915 - 234 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle: Being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl 18 with a spoon of silver ! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought her husband deserved a silver... | |
 | Ada Walker Camehl - 1916 - 510 Seiten
...progress despite of principles; being called to breakfast one morning, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver ! They had been bought for...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of twenty-three shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought her... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell, Francis Kingsley Ball - 1917 - 176 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle : being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me...knowledge by my wife, and had cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 528 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle : being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me...make, but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and China bowl as well as any of his neighbors. This was the first appearance of plate... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 530 Seiten
...principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver l They had been bought for me without my knowledge by...make, but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and China bowl as well as any of his neighbors. This was the first appearance of plate... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1920 - 536 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me...by my wife, and had '* cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1920 - 456 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a china bowl, with a spoon of silver! They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife, and had IB cost her the enormous sum of three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology... | |
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But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle : being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver! 
