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" These fashionable parties were generally confined to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own wagons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in winter... "
Historical Collections of the State of New York: Containing a General ... - Page 270
by John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1842 - 608 pages
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A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...averse to giving dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquettings, called tea parties. / These fashionable parties were...was in winter time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...averse to giving dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquettings, called tea parties. These fashionable parties were...as kept their own cows, and drove their own wagons. The•company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in winter...
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A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the ..., Volumes 1-2

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 532 pages
...dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquetings, called tea-parties. These fashionable parties were generally confined...say, such as kept their own cows and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six ; unless it was in...
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A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 540 pages
...higher classes, or noblesse, that is tosay, such as kept their own cows and drove thenown waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and...was in winter time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquetings, called tea-parties. These fashionable parties were generally confined...say, such as kept their own cows and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six ; unless it was in...
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...money, and lose their own tempers at a card-table. These fashionable parties were generally consigned to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in...
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...money, and lose their own tempers at a card-table. These fashionable parties were generally consigned to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in...
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A History of New York: From the Beginnimg of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...singularlyaverseto giving dinners, yet they kept up the social bands of intimacy by occasional banquettings, called tea parties. These fashionable parties were...say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in...
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A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...singularlyaverse to givingdinners, yet theykept up the social baudsof intimacy hy occasional banq nettings, called tea parties. These fashionable parties were...say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in...
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Memoirs Concerning the Affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne's Accession to ...

George Lockhart - Jacobites - 1824 - 870 pages
...money, and lose their own tempers at a card table. These fashionable parties were generally consigned to the higher classes, or noblesse, that is to say, such as kept their own cows, and drove their own waggons. The company commonly assembled at three o'clock, and went away about six, unless it was in...
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