 | Naval History Society - 1912 - 304 páginas
...the quarter-deck. These sides were hung with a great variety of French pictures and looking glasses; some of the first had been drawn by one of the most...assist in this business, and for nearly twenty hours preceeding the serving up of dinner, we were almost suffocated with garlick and onions, besides a great... | |
 | Naval History Society - 1912 - 304 páginas
...the quarter-deck. These sides were hung with a great variety of French pictures and looking glasses ; some of the first had been drawn by one of the most...assist in this business, and for nearly twenty hours preceeding the serving up of dinner, we were almost suffocated with garlick and onions, besides a great... | |
 | Naval History Society - 1911 - 202 páginas
...etequette on such an occasion. The quarter-deck of our ship was covered with the most elegant carpets, the plate alone which was made use of on this singular...vegetables. A French lady (who was said to be a great connossieur in the art of cookery, and in hanging and arranging pictures in a room where the first... | |
 | A. A. Abbott - 2004 - 252 páginas
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However in these days they were a part of French etiquette on such an occasion. The quarter-deck of our ship was covered with the most elegant carpet: the plate alone which was made use of on this singular occasion was estimated to be worth two thousand... 