 MAN is said to be a sociable animal, and, as an instance of it, we may observe, that we take all occasions and pretences of forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of men find...  In the Days of My Youth: A Novel - Sida 100efter Amelia B. Edwards - 1874 - 454 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1866 - 618 sidor
...forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of Clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...into a kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a-week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance." Consult also Steele's clever paper on Clubs... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 sidor
...forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of Clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance." Pall Mall was noted for its tavern Clubs more than... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 sidor
...forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of Clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance." Pall Mall was noted for its tavern Clubs more than... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 sidor
...forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance. I know a considerable market-town, in which there... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 sidor
...forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies, which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance. I know a considerable market-town, in which there... | |
 | william francis ainsworth - 1876 - 732 sidor
...pretences of forming ourselves into those little nocturnal assemblies which are commonly called clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular, though uever so trivial, they establish themselves into a kind of fraternity upon the account of such a fantastic... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1884 - 202 sidor
...nature of the fundamental principle of Association which he observed in operation all around him. " When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...establish themselves into a kind of fraternity, and meet onoe or twice a week upon the account of such a fantastic resemj blance." ' Among these societies,... | |
 | Abby Sage Richardson - 1884 - 498 sidor
...nocturnal assemblies which are commonly known by the name of clubs. When a set of men find themselves to agree in any particular, though never so trivial, they establish themselves into a rival fraternity, and meet once or twice a week, upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance.... | |
 | 1887 - 296 sidor
...occasions and pretences of forming ourselves into little nocturnal assemblies commonly known as clubs. When a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance." He enumerates some of the qualifications prescribed... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 632 sidor
...these were a thousand and one more informal organizations. In fact, as the Spectator remarks, " Where a set of men find themselves agree in any particular,...kind of fraternity, and meet once or twice a week upon the account of such a fantastic resemblance." English gentleman. We don't read them much nowadays,... | |
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