Lives Portraits of Public Characters volume 1
Lives Portraits of Public Characters volume 1
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He has been known on frequent occasions to sit down with B'ranchi, (for th^re was scarcely ever a third person at table) to a dinner consisting of twenty covers, served upon gold plate. Meanwhile the servants Were all sta- tioned in a line of communication between the dining room, the pantry, and the kitchen, so that they were in con- stant readiness to pass his orders from one to another. With hitn tha words servant and slave were synonymous, and he considered it derogatory to his dignity not ...to have a train of menials waiting his commands at all hoars. He was as despotic in this respect as an Eastern Rajah, yet at the same time never was any man more liberal to his servants. They not only enjoyed his bounty, but sliared bis magnificence, and while they trembled at his nod, they feasted on viands with which the first potentates of the earth might regale themselves.
Among the many anecdotes of this gentleman, the following is related : — Mr. Beckford resolved on going to Italy, and ao- cordingly purchased two vessels and fitted them up in tha jjreatest ma'^nificence : he had scarctly been at sea a day, before he encountered a stijish breeze, which continued one night and part of the next day, during which tine the vessels made but little way on their voyage: this so enraged Mr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He has been known on frequent occasions to sit down with B'ranchi, (for th^re was scarcely ever a third person at table) to a dinner consisting of twenty covers, served upon gold plate. Meanwhile the servants Were all sta- tioned in a line of communication between the dining room, the pantry, and the kitchen, so that they were in con- stant readiness to pass his orders from one to another. With hitn tha words servant and slave were synonymous, and he considered it derogatory to his dignity not ...to have a train of menials waiting his commands at all hoars. He was as despotic in this respect as an Eastern Rajah, yet at the same time never was any man more liberal to his servants. They not only enjoyed his bounty, but sliared bis magnificence, and while they trembled at his nod, they feasted on viands with which the first potentates of the earth might regale themselves.
Among the many anecdotes of this gentleman, the following is related : — Mr. Beckford resolved on going to Italy, and ao- cordingly purchased two vessels and fitted them up in tha jjreatest ma'^nificence : he had scarctly been at sea a day, before he encountered a stijish breeze, which continued one night and part of the next day, during which tine the vessels made but little way on their voyage: this so enraged Mr.
What to read after Lives Portraits of Public Characters volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henry Hallam to read onlineMoreLess
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