 | Eleanore Hubbard - 1922 - 360 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...her the enormous sum of three and twenty shillings." MRS. FRANK, (tossing her head). "For which I have no other excuse or apology to make but that I think... | |
 | Carl Holliday - 1922 - 350 Seiten
...furniture of the cheapest. . . . One morning being call'd 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. . . . She thought her husband deserv'da silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbors.... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1923 - 232 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, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make but that she thought her husband deserved a silver... | |
 | Sydney George Fisher - 1926 - 446 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...to make but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl as well as any of his neighbors." A story is told on the Eastern Shore... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 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-twentyshillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 692 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle : being call'd one morning to breakfast, 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 three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1924 - 690 Seiten
...progress, in spite of principle : being call'd one morning to breakfast, 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 three-and-twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology to make, but that she thought... | |
 | Barbara B. Oberg, Harry S. Stout - 1993 - 241 Seiten
..."Luxury will enter Families, and make a Progress, in Spite of Principle," he describes his wife as having "no other Excuse or Apology to make but that she thought her Husband deserved a Silver Spoon & China Bowl as well as any of his Neighbors."61 This contrary, critical view of his wife... | |
 | Rafia Zafar - 1997 - 270 Seiten
...about halfway through the narrative: Being Call'd one Morning to Breakfast, I found it in a China Bowl with a Spoon of Silver. They had been bought for me...Apology to make, but that she thought her Husband deserv'da Silver Spoon & China Bowl as well as any of his Neighbours. (1382) Rather than make an observation... | |
 | Grantland S. Rice - 1997 - 250 Seiten
...an example of how "luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle . . . [It] had been bought for me without my knowledge by my...apology to make, but that she thought her husband deserv'd [it] ... as well as any of his neighbors. This was the first appearance of plate and china... | |
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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! 
