 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 1124 pages
...parts of Wiltshire. " In these days," adds the same antiquary, " ihey, (meaning the gentlemen,) bad silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell, and a strawe. 1 have heard my grandfather Lyte say, one pipe was handed from man to man round tbe table. SWR standing... | |
 | John Walker - English letters - 1813 - 326 pages
...our part of North Wilts,— eg Malmesbury hundred,— it came first into fashion by Sr. Walter .Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made...use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my gr. father Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table. Si WR standing in a... | |
 | John Walker - English letters - 1813 - 1014 pages
...our part of North Wilts, — eg Malmesbury hundred,— it came first into fashion by Sr. Walter Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawc. I have heard my gr. father Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1825 - 464 pages
...liberality upon the extent of the King's charity) ' * " In those days," says Aubrey, " they (the gentry) had silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my grandfather Lyte say, one pipe was handed from man to man round the table. Sir WR standing in a stand in Sir Ro.... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 468 pages
...upon the extent of the King's charity) ' • " In those days," says Aubrey, " they (the gentry) had silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my grandfather Lyte say, one pipe was handed from man to man round the table. Sir WR standing in a stand in Sir Ro.... | |
 | sir Walter Ralegh - 1829 - 806 pages
...part of North Wilts, — eg Malmesbury hundred, — it came first into fashion by Sr. Walter Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made...use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my gr. father • His bcird turned up natura|iy. [See p. 736.] Lytc say, that one pipe was handed from... | |
 | Augustus Charles Pugin - 1838 - 286 pages
...Malmesbury hundred, — it came first into fashion by Sr Walter Long. '' - They had, first, stiver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a strawe. I have heard my gr. " ' father Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table." — AUBREY'S Letters... | |
 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...fashion. In one part of North Wilts (Malmesbury hundred) it came first into fashion by Sir Walter Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a straw. I have heard my grandfather Lyte say that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 626 pages
...our part of North Wiltshire — Malmesbury hundred — it came first into fashion by Sir Walter Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use of a walnut-shell and a straw. I have heard my grandfather Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1846 - 502 pages
...part of North Wiltshire, — Malmesbury hundred, — it came first into fashion by Sir Walter Long. They had first silver pipes. The ordinary sort made use; of a walnut-shell and a straw. I have heard my grandfather Lyte say, that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table.... | |
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He was the first that brought tobacco into England, and into fashion. In our part of North Wilts, eg Malmesbury hundred, it came first into fashion by Sir Walter Long. 
