 | 1847 - Страниц: 918
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year, and to observe the frolic compact which, half a century before, they had entered into...to their lips, if more than half full; and cracked jokes, though they articulated their words with• difficulty, and heard each other with still greater... | |
 | William Mudford - 1849 - Страниц: 356
...year; to observe the frolic compact, which, half a century before, they had entered at the Star'and Garter at Richmond ! Eight were in their graves! The...greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed (if a sort of strangled wheezing might be called a laugh); and when the wine sent their... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - Страниц: 446
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year — to observe the frolic compact, which, half a century before, they had entered into...and Garter at Richmond. Eight were in their graves ! 20 The four that remained stood upon its confines. Yet they chirped cheerily over their glass, though... | |
 | Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1852 - Страниц: 276
...declared), to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year ; to observe the frolic compact which, half a century before, they had entered into...greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed (if a sort of strangled wheezing might be called a laugh) ; and when the wines sent their... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 332
...declared), to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year ; to observe the frolic compact which, half a century before, they had entered into...greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed (if a sort of strangled wheezing might be called a laugh) ; and when the wines sent their... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Frobisher - 1867 - Страниц: 276
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year, to observe the frolic compact, which half a century before, they had entered into at the Star and Garter at Eichmond. Eight were in their graves! The four that remained stood upon its confines. Yet they chirped... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1834 - Страниц: 320
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of tiie year, to observe the frolic compact, which half a century before, they had entered into...its confines. Yet they chirped cheerily over their gloss, though they could scarcely carry it to their lips, if more than half full ; and cracked their... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 754
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year, to observe the frolic compact, which half a century before they had entered into...Richmond. Eight were in their graves ! The four that remain' ed stood upon its confines. Yet they chirped cheerily over their glass, though they could scarcely... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - Страниц: 416
...declared,) to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year — to observe the frolic compact, which, half a century before, they had entered into...greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed, (if a sort of strangled wheezing might be called a laugh,) and as the wine sent their... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1897 - Страниц: 380
...declared), to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year—to observe the frolic compact which, half a century before, they had entered into...greater difficulty. They mumbled, they chattered, they laughed (if a sort of strangled wheezing might be called a laugh) ; and when the wines sent their... | |
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Heaven (as they themselves tremulously declared), to celebrate, for the fiftieth time, the first day of the year ; to observe the frolic compact which, half a century before, they had entered into at the Star and Garter at Richmond ! Eight were in their... 
