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" The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to the spectacles. These finished, another half hour is devoted to dodging in and out of the doors of her very sincere friends,... "
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont - Page 116
by Thomas Jefferson - 1853
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Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson ..., Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 514 pages
...out and hobble round the cage of the Palais royal ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coeffeur's turn is come ; and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy,...hour is devoted to dodging in and out of the doors of hef very sincere friends, and away to supper. After supper, cards ; and after cards, bed ; to rise...
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Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of ..., Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 540 pages
...out and hobble round the cage of the Palais royal ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coeffeur's turn is come ; and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy,...dinner is half over ! The torpitude of digestion a litde passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to the...
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Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson ..., Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 516 pages
...out and hobble round the cage of the Palais royal ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coeffeur's turn is come ; and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy, if he does not makeJier arrive when dinner is half over ! The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters...
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The Ladies' Museum, Volumes 1-2

1830 - 812 pages
...get out and hobble round the cage of the Palais Royal; but she must hobble quickly, for the coe/eur's turn is come ; and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy, if he does not make her arrive when the dinner is half over! The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through...
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Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With ...

B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...out and hobble round the cage of the Palais Royal : but she must hobble quickly, for the coiffeur 's turn is come ; and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy,...arrive when dinner is half over ! The torpitude of diges , tiou a little passed. she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits,...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and ...

William Linn - 1834 - 282 pages
...round the cage of the Palais Royal; but she must hobble quickly, for the coiffeur's turn is comeā€”and a tremendous turn it is ! Happy, if he does not make...the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to th& spectacles. These finished, another half hour is devoted to dodging in and out of the doors of...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 pages
...Royal ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coiffeur's turn is come; and a tremendous turn it isl Happy, if he does not make her arrive when dinner is half over! The torpitudc of digestion a littie pasicd, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 pages
...the Palais Eoyal ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coiffeur's turn is come ; and a tremen dous turn it is ! Happy, if he does not make her arrive when dinner is half over ! The torpi tude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying...
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The Queens of American Society

Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1867 - 532 pages
...make her arrive when dinner is half over. The turpitude of digestion a little passed, she flatters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying...friends, and away to supper. After supper, cards; after cards, bed ; to rise at noon next day, and to tread like a mill-horse the same trodden circle...
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The Queens of American Society

Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1867 - 502 pages
...out and hobble round the cage of the Palais Royale ; but she must hobble quickly, for the coiffeur's turn is come, and a tremendous turn it is. Happy if...not make her arrive when dinner is half over. The turpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying...
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