Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . -,and the two hooking together. This would have excited 314 Henry Cockburn as much liorror as the waltz at first did, which nevershowed itself without denunciations of Continental man-ners by correct gentlemen and worthy mothers and the ladies first went off by themselves in a regularrow according to the ordinary rules of the gentlemen moved off in single file ; so thatwhen t
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . -,and the two hooking together. This would have excited 314 Henry Cockburn as much liorror as the waltz at first did, which nevershowed itself without denunciations of Continental man-ners by correct gentlemen and worthy mothers and the ladies first went off by themselves in a regularrow according to the ordinary rules of the gentlemen moved off in single file ; so thatwhen they reached the dining-room the ladies were allthere, lingering al)out the backs of the chairs till theycould see what their fate was to be. Then began theselection of partners, the leaders of the male line havingthe advantage of priority ; and of course the magnateshad an affinity for each other. The dinners themselves were much the same as atpresent. Any difference is in a more liberal adoptionof the cookerv of France. Healths and toasts were. HENRY COCKBURN. After the Portrait l)y Raeburn. special torments — oppressions which cannot now beconceived. Every glass during dinner required to bededicated to the health of some one. This prandialnuisance was horriljle, but it was nothing to whatfollowed. For after dinner, and before the ladies re-tired, tliere generally began what were called roundsof toasts, and, worst of all, there were were short epigrammatic sentences ofmoral feelings and virtues, and were thouglit refinedand elegant productions. The glasses being filled, aperson was asked for his or for her sentiment, whenthis or something similar was committed : May thepleasures of the evening bear the reflections of themorning, or May the friends of our youth be thecompanions of our old age, or Delicate pleasures tosusceptible minds, &c. Early dinners begat suppers. But suppers are sodelightful that they have survived long after dinnershave beco
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