 | 1854 - 816 Seiten
...search in this office also is half-a-crown. JAMES F. FERGUSOW. Saltcellar (Vol.ix., p. 10.). — " To sit at the table above or below the salt was a...was contained in a massive silver utensil, called a safer, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table ; persons of distinction... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1856 - 418 Seiten
...Earl of Pembroke, were printed in 1660. Page 191, line 6 ; a foole at the upper end of the table, &c.] To sit at the table above or below the salt was a...distinction sat nearest the head of the table, or above the gait, and inferior relations or dependants below it. Page 193, line 1 ; NEWES FROM THE CHURCH]. In... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1856 - 416 Seiten
...Earl of Pembroke, were printed in 1660. Page 191, line 6 ; a foole at the upper end of the table, &c.] To sit at the table above or below the salt was a...distinction sat nearest the head of the table, or above the ealt, and inferior relations or dependants below it. Page 193, line 1 ; NEWES FROM THE CHURCH], In... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1856 - 400 Seiten
...of Pembroke, were printed in 1660. Page 191, line 6 ; a foole at the upper end of tht table, dr..] To sit at the table above or below the Salt was a mark of distinction in opulent families. The salt waa contained in a massive silver utensil, called a taler, now corrupted into cellar, which waa placed... | |
 | Charles Hindley - 1872 - 638 Seiten
...keep up the play for " the good of the house." 'SALT CELLAR. — To sit at the table, above or before the salt, was a mark of distinction in opulent families....was contained in a massive silver utensil, called a taler, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table ; persons of distinction... | |
 | Thomas Bedford - 1872 - 798 Seiten
...up the play for " the good of the house." •SALT CELLAR. — To sit at the table, above or before the salt, was a mark of distinction in opulent families....of distinction sat nearest the head of the table or aboce the ialt, and inferior relations or dependants below it. That he do on on default Ever presume... | |
 | 1888 - 318 Seiten
...Richard Harris of Cambridge, 1644." The principal article of domestic plate at this period was the saler (now corrupted into cellar], which was placed...table or above the salt, and inferior relations or dependents below it. It seems rather to have served this purpose than to hold salt for the meal, a... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - 1890 - 424 Seiten
...Earl of Pembroke, were printed in 1660. Page 191, line 6; a foole at the upper end of the table, &c.] To sit at the table above or below the salt was a...the salt, and inferior relations or dependants below it. Page 193, line 1 ; NEWES FROM THE CHURCH]. In the sixth edition this is subscribed "Jo. Ruddiard."... | |
 | John Henry Buck - 1903 - 406 Seiten
...and seals are all the certain remnants of what was made in gold and silver by this wellknown artist. To sit at the table above or below the salt was a...opulent families. The salt was contained in a massive utensil, called a saler, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table ; persons... | |
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To sit at the table above or below the salt was a mark of distinction in opulent families. The salt was contained in a massive silver utensil called a saler, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table ; persons of distinction... 