 | 1843 - 846 pagina’s
...separate work. I have an ayah (or lady's-maid) and a tailor, (for the ayahs cannot work) ; and A hat a boy : also two muddles — one to sweep my room,...maid to himself — the maid cuts grass for him; and every-dog has a boy. I inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found that she was allowed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1845 - 632 pagina’s
...ayahs can't work ; and A. has a hoy, also two mtiddles (how charmingly expressive!), one to sweep our room, and another to bring water. There is one man...inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found she was allowed to wait upon herself; and as she seemed the only person in the establishment capable... | |
 | 1845 - 606 pagina’s
...another to light the candles, and others to wait at table. Every horse has a man and a maid to himBelf; the maid cuts grass for him: and every dog has a boy....inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found she was allowed to wait upon herself; and as she seemed the only person in the establishment capable... | |
 | Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1536 pagina’s
...horse-keeper, and the other the grasscutter, who provides for his forage." — Hiram's Xarr. 242. 1846. — "Every horse has a man and a maid to himself — the...inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found he was allowed to wait upon himself." — Letters /rom ¿ladras, 37. [1850. — "Then there are our... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - 1903 - 1088 pagina’s
...horse-keeper, and the other the grasscutter, who provides for his forage." — Diroin's A'arr. 242. 1846. — " Every horse has a man and a maid to himself — the maid cuts grnss for him ; and every dog has a boy. I inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found he... | |
 | Edgar Thurston - 1909 - 562 pagina’s
...south the office is filled by the horsekeeper's wife." It is noted in 'Letters from Madras ' t that "every horse has a man and a maid to himself; the...inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found he was allowed to wait upon himself." In addition to collecting and selling grass, the Ghasis are employed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1845 - 610 pagina’s
...ayahs can't work ; and A. has a boy, also two muddles (how charmingly expressive!), one to sweep our room, and another to bring water. There is one man...inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found she was allowed to wait upon herself; and as she seemed the only person in the establishment capable... | |
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Every horse has a man and a maid to himself; the maid cuts grass for him : and every dog has a boy. I inquired whether the cat had any servants, but I found she was allowed to wait upon herself; and as she seemed the only person in the establishment capable... 