 He has the command of regular servant* without having to pay or to manage them. He can have whatever meal or refreshment he wants, at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no...  The Quarterly Review - Page 4801836Full view - About this book
 | 1836 - 600 pages
...at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his...time. There is a fixed place to go to, everything ii served with comparative expedition, and it is not customary in general to remain long at table.... | |
 | Original - 1836 - 456 pages
...wants, at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own home. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his...to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living. To men who reside in the country, and who come occasionally to town, a club is particularly advantageous.... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 pages
...wants, at all hours, and served up with 1 cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what pleases, having no interest to think of but his own. In short, it impossible to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living. ' Clubs, as far as my observation goes,... | |
 | Thomas Walker - 1835 - 464 pages
...obligation to conform to arbitrary rules of living instead of, as now, freely following the inclination. Clubs, as far as my observation goes, are favourable...economy of time. There is a fixed place to go to, every thing is served with comparative expedition, and it is not customary in general to remain long... | |
 | Thomas Walker - 1850 - 334 pages
...up with the cleanliness and conir fort of his own home. He orders just what he pleases, having •o interest to think of but his own. In short, it is impossible to ,wppose a greater degree of liberty in li«ing. To men who reside in the country, and who come occasionally... | |
 | 1851 - 112 pages
...at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his...with comparative expedition; and it is not customary or general to remain long at table. They are favourable to temperance. It seems that when people can... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pages
...at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of bis own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of but his...to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living." — Walker's Ori9inal. In the Coffee-room is a fine full-length unfinished portrait of George IV.,... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 390 pages
...cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, having no interest to think of hut his own. In short, it is impossible to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living." — Walker's Original. The Library is the best Club Library in London. There is no Smoking-room (1856),... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 pages
...served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house. He orders just what he pleases, haviug no interest to think of but his own. In short, it...to suppose a greater degree of liberty in living." — Walker's Original. In the Coffee-room is a fine full-length unfinished portrait of George IV.,... | |
 | George Dodd - 1856 - 568 pages
...twenty years ago, and who devoted one of the essays to an account of the London clubs, says : — " Clubs, as far as my observation goes, are favourable...with comparative expedition, and it is not customary or general to remain long at table. They are favourable to temperance. It seems that when people can... | |
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