 them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl of punch, which was placed" upon the table. Several of them, (indeed, as I believe, all except one or two, thinking the exhortation judicious,) very readily followed it; but, the gentleman from whom...  Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna: In the Years ... - Page 285by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Literature, Modern - 1800 - 620 pages
...acquainted them, that the ail which he was about to perform, would demand all their firmncfs ; andadvifed them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl...two, thinking the exhortation judicious, very readily se. xvii. VOL, iv, T followed 1 } followed it ; but, the gentleman from whom I received thefe particulars,... | |
 | American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...acquainted them, that the act which he was about to perform, would demand all their firmness, and advised them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl...followed it ; but, the gentleman from whom I received these particulars, declined the advice. " I am come here," said he to Schrepfer, " to be present at... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Europe - 1806 - 438 pages
...firmnefs ; and advifed them to' fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl of punch, which was placfcd upon the table. Several of them, (indeed, as I believe,...thefe particulars, declined to profit by the advice. "I am \ " I am come here/' faid he to Schrepfer, " to be prefent at railing an apparition. " Either... | |
 | T. M. Jarvis - Ghosts - 1823 - 252 pages
...he was about to perform would demand all their firmness; and advised them to fortify their nerves bv partaking of a bowl of punch, which was placed upon...thinking the exhortation judicious), very readily n followed it; but, the gentleman from whom i received these particulars, declined to profit by the... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1825 - 840 pages
...acquainted them, that the act which he was about to perform would demand all their firmness; and advised them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl...punch, which was placed upon the table. Several of them very readily followed it; but one gentleman declined the advice. " I am come here," says he to Schrepfer,... | |
 | Clarence S. Day - 1848 - 116 pages
...acquainted them, that the act which he was about to perform would demand all their firmness ; and advised them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl...as I believe, all except one or two, thinking the exhortatation judicious) very readily followed it ; but the gentleman from whom I received these particulars,... | |
 | 1849 - 440 pages
...present, that the action which he was about to perform would demand all their firmness, and advised them to fortify their nerves by partaking of a bowl...punch which was placed upon the table. Several of the party very readily availed themselves of the suggestion ; one person, however, declined it peremptorily.... | |
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