 In the evening, when no more guests are expected, the meal is prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and according to the wealth of the family who entertains. The kitchen does not supply many dishes, nor high-seasoned incitements...  The Literary panorama - Page 171807Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1808 - 560 pages
...more under the vice of jealousy than the Irifli, so none is more free from it than the Welsh ; aod in each family the art of playing on the harp is held preferable to any other learning. la the evening, when no more guests are expected, the meal is prepared according to the number and... | |
 | English literature - 1806 - 816 pages
...house has its young women and harp, allotted to this purjjose. Two circumstances here deserve notice : that as no nation labours more under the vice of jealousy...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and according to the wealth of the family which entertains; the kitchen docs not... | |
 | Peter Roberts - Folklore - 1815 - 398 pages
...and the music of the harp ; for each house has its young women, and harps allotted to this purpose. In the evening, when no more guests are expected,...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons present, and according to the wealth of the family who entertains. The kitchen does not furnish... | |
 | John Jones - 1824 - 384 pages
...women, and the music of the harp, for each house has its young women and harps allotted to this purpose. In the evening, when no more guests are expected,...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and according to the wealth of the family who entertains : the kitchen does not... | |
 | 1825 - 120 pages
...house has its young women and harps allotted to this purpose. In the evening, when no more guests arc expected, the meal is prepared, according to the number and dignity of the persons present, and according to the wealth of the family that entertains. The kitchen docs not furnish... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1847 - 418 pages
...doctrinam omnem cytharizandi per se peritiam tenent. liln each man's household or family, moreover, the art of playing on the harp, is held preferable to any other learning " And we have the following curious details, in chapter xii. — In musicis instrumentis dulcedine... | |
 | Ernest Silvanus Appleyard - Wales - 1852 - 182 pages
...morning are entertained till evening by the conversation of young women, and the music of the harp. In the evening, when no more guests are expected,...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and the wealth of the family who entertains. While the family is engaged in waiting... | |
 | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - Ireland - 1863 - 550 pages
...house has its young women and harps allotted to this purpose. Two circumstances here deserve notice : that as no nation labours more under the vice of jealousy...art of playing on the harp is held preferable to any other^arning. In the evening, when no more guests are expected, the meal is prepared according to the... | |
 | John Saunders - 1869 - 340 pages
...with the music of the harp ; for in this country (Wales), almost every house is provided with both ... In the evening, when no more guests are expected,...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and according to the wealth of the family which entertains. The kitchen does not... | |
 | John Saunders - 1869 - 308 pages
...with the music of the harp ; for in this country (Wales), almost every house is provided with both ... In the evening, when no more guests are expected,...prepared according to the number and dignity of the persons assembled, and according to the wealth of the family which entertains. The kitchen does not... | |
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