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" The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil, and Barry, having spread a clean cloth on the table, put a pair of tongs in the hands of Burke, saying, " Be useful, my dear friend, and look to the steaks till I fetch the porter. "
The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles ... - Page 113
1830
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1830 - 658 pages
...the tiling, ant] that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...exclaiming, " What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top, as I crossed Tichfield-street." They sat down together; the steak was tender and...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 2

Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1833 - 292 pages
...the tiling, and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...: the painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, " What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top as I crossed Titchfield...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volume 2

Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1830 - 374 pages
...the tiling, and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...: the painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, " What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top as I crossed Titchfield...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters and Sculptors, Volume 2

Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1831 - 292 pages
...the tiling, and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...cloth on the table, put a pair of tongs in the hands t>f Burke, saying* " Be useful, my dear friend, and look to the steaks till I fetch the porter." Burke...
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The Georgian Era: Political and rural economists. Painters, sculptors ...

Great Britain - 1834 - 614 pages
...table-cloth, and то OZIAS H UM l' HR Y. piai-ed some sieaks on the fire, put a pair uf tones into the hands of Burke, saying, •' Be useful, my dear friend, and look to the steaks till 1 fetch the porter." In Barry's earlier and more pros* perous period of his career, a story is told...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 18

Child rearing - 1846 - 292 pages
...the tiling, and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...: the painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, " What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top as I crossed Titchfield...
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A General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and Historical

Miss Ludlow - Art - 1851 - 486 pages
...the tiling, and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. ' The fire was burning brightly ; the steaks were put on to broil,...clean cloth on the table, put a pair of tongs in the hand of Burke, saying, " Be useful, my dear friend, and look to the steaks, while 1 fetch the porter."...
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General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and Historical

Art - 1851 - 490 pages
...pair of tongs in the hand of Burke, saying, " Be useful, my dear friend, and look to the steaks, while I fetch the porter." Burke did as he was desired. The painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, " What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top, as I crossed Titchfield-street."...
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Lights and Shadows of Artist Life and Character

James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...the tiling; and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly, the steaks were put on to broil,...; the painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, 'What a misfortune! the wind carried away the fine foaming head as I crossed Titchfield...
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Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners

Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...the tiling ; and that two old chairs and a deal table composed the whole of the furniture. The fire was burning brightly, the steaks were put on to broil...: the painter soon returned with the porter in his hand, exclaiming, "What a misfortune ! the wind carried away the fine foaming top as I crossed Titchficldstreet."...
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