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" With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London.... "
The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ... - Page 75
by John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851
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Shakspere: His Times and Contemporaries

George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 pages
...go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to lupper at five, or between five and six, at afternoons. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon, and six at night, especially in London, The husbandmen dine also as high as noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or...
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History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T ..., Volume 3

David Hume - 1854 - 524 pages
...Elizabeth's reign, he may learn it from the same author. ' With us the nobility, gentry, and students do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six afternoon : the merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 3

David Hume - 1854 - 602 pages
...snau: author. With us the nobility, gentrv, and students, do ordinarily go to diauer at eleven ix'forc noon, and to supper at" five, or between five and six at afternoon. The merehants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen...
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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 3

David Hume - 1856 - 550 pages
...Elizabeth's reign, he may leant it from the same author. " With us the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and...sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or eight...
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Notes and Queries

1856 - 598 pages
...during the reign'of Elizabeth : — " With us the nobilitie, gentrie, and students, doo ordinarilie go to dinner at eleven' before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and six at afternoone." — Vol. i. p. 171., edit. 1587. The alteration in manners at this time is rather singularly...
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The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe ..., Volume 43

Shuttleworth family - 1857 - 334 pages
...thence to come time enough to supper. . . . With us the nobility, gentry, and students do ordinarilv go to dinner at eleven before noon, and to supper...sup seldom before twelve at noon, and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or eight...
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Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine ..., Volume 43

1857 - 330 pages
...sup seldom before twelve at noon, and six at night, especially in London. The husbandmen dine also at high noon, as they call it, and sup at seven or eight; but out of 4i term in our universities the scholars dine at ten [am]. As for the poorest sort they generally dine...
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 228 pages
...Elizabeth's reign, he may learn it from the same anthor. "With us the nobility, gentry, and stndents do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and...sup seldom before twelve at noon and six at night, especially in London. The hushandmen dine also at high noon as they call it, and sup at seven or eight:...
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Saturday Reader, Volume 2

1866 - 432 pages
...gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner before noon, and to supper at five, or between five and afternoon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before twelve at noon and six in the afternoon, especially in London. The husbandmen dine, also at high noon, аз they call it,...
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A Book about Lawyers, Volumes 1-2

John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1867 - 444 pages
...their social superiors. " With us," says Hall the chronicler," the nobility, gentry, and students, do ordinarily go to dinner at eleven before noon, and...or eight; but out of term in our universities the scholars dine at ten." Thus whilst the idlers of society made haste to eat and drink, the workers postponed...
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