 ... here were two hearts, in which were sown the seeds of mutual love, throbbing in this hour of gaiety with pain, with grief, with doubt, with jealousy. It is said, that it is " better to be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of a 'fray;" now,...  Births, Deaths, and Marriages - Seite 180von Theodore Edward Hook - 1839Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1814 - 568 Seiten
...however they may answer, " II vaut mieux tard que jamais," " Better late than never," and " Better come at the end of a feast, than at the beginning of a fray." Illotis Pedibus ingredi. Entering with unwashed feet. Alluding to the custom of washing the feet, anciently... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1833 - 316 Seiten
...in which every thing had turned out so wonderfully ill. CHAPTER IV. " BETTER," says the proverb, " be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of an affray ;" it may be so; but nothing can be more wretched than the general appearance of the site... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1839 - 948 Seiten
...painful than that of this man and wife ? Devoted to each other, if their feelings and affections bad been allowed fair play, they were, without the slightest...the eye than the gay brightness of a dejeuner a la fovrchette like this of Mortimer's: look at it when its " hour is past," the ruins by no means splendid... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1842 - 424 Seiten
...if their affections had been allowed fair play, they were, without the slightest reason, estranged ; here were two hearts, in which were sown the seeds...the eye than the gay brightness of a dejeuner a la fourchette like this of Mortimer's: look at it when its "hour is past," the ruins by no means splendid... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 Seiten
...SCOTTISH EQUIVALENTS : TO WHICH ARE ADDED, A FEW FROM ISLANDIC AND SWEDISH SOURCES. 29. " BETTER to come at the end of a feast than at the beginning of a fray." Danish, Bedre at komme til shitningen of et maal-tid end til begyndafetklammeric. Maal-tid, meal-time... | |
 | George Payne Rainsford James - 1848 - 608 Seiten
...reconnoiter, my lord!" said Austin Jute. " I can bring you back information, and perhaps a pass. They say it is better to be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of a fray, and perhaps it may be so ; but I like a little bit of the fray, too, provided it last not too long."... | |
 | George Payne R. James - 1848 - 446 Seiten
...reconnoitre, my lord?" said Austin Jute. " I can bring you back information, and perhaps a pass. They say it is better to be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of a fray, and perhaps it may be so ; but I like a little bit of the fray, too, provided it last not too long."... | |
 | George Etell Sargent - 1864 - 192 Seiten
...and I trow you are not too dainty to feed after us. You know the old proverb, mistress, — ' Better be at the end of a feast, than at the beginning of a fray?'" The aged traveller made a suitable reply ; and seated herself and the child on the bench vacated by... | |
 | 1868 - 514 Seiten
...drink, and I trow you are not too dainty to feed after us. You know the old proverb mistress, ' Better be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of a fray ?' " The aged traveller made a suitable reply, and seated herself and the child on the bench vacated... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1868 - 480 Seiten
...in which every thing had turned out so wonderfully ill. CHAPTER IV. " BETTER," says the proverb, " be at the end of a feast than at the beginning of an affray . " it may be so ; but nothing can be more wretched than the general appearance of the site... | |
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