Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 88
dinner-table ; for in spiteof his deafness hewas the very soulof sociabihty. Henever got out ofhis naturally care-less, Bohemianhabits. He was thefavourite portrait-painter of thefashionable world,but mixed withthe aristocracy without apeing any of their etiquette. There was something singular in… … ■f/L£/C£ST£lt. SaUAne. 6o FAMOUS LONDON HOUSES for seven or eight was often compelled to containfifteen or sixteen. When this pressing difficulty wasgot over, a deficiency of knives, plates, forks, andglasses succeeded. The attendance was in thesame style; and it was absolutely necessary to…
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