The lad so pleased the gentleman by his talk that they had him to dine with them at the inn, and encouraged him in his prattle; and Monsieur Blaise, with whom he rode and dined the day before, waited upon him now.

I dined yesterday tête-à-tête with Mr. Scott, and had a great deal of highly important conversation with him.

I dined yesterday tête-à-tête with Mr. Scott, and had a great deal of highly important conversation with him.

I reached the restaurant at which we were to dine that evening punctual to the moment, only to find that Hayle had not yet arrived.

We asked them to dine the next night and were able to get a few interesting people to meet them, Comte et Comtesse de Sartiges, and one or two deputiesbien-pensants.

Looking after the parlors, halls and dining rooms, arranging flowers in the rooms, waiting on the table, and going after the mail was my regular morning work, the year round.

Then one morningone to be distinguished by its cold even among many unusual morningsthere was no Clem to light my fires and to scent my snug dining room with unparalleled coffee.

Several appeared to be struggling very severely against the Morphean deity dining the whole service; a few might be seen at intervals rescuing themselves from his graspgetting upon the very edge of a snooze, starting suddenly with a shake and waking up, dropping down their heads to a certain point of calmness and then retracing their steps to consciousness.

"I do not care how many enemies I makeI will certainly dine with you to-night.

The first had gone to its training table at "Mother" Burke's, in the village, and the second ate its meals in the center of the school dining hall with an illy concealed sense of self-importance.

It had just been completed, and, with its ante-room, dining hall, and various apartments for social entertainments, was by far the most perfect hall I had seen in England.

And then, maybe, while everyone discusses On what rich foods their dear commands shall dine, And (most efficiently) the Padre fusses About the birds, the speeches and the wine The Corps-Commander sends a fleet of 'buses To whisk you off to Christmas in the line.

How very soon!' 'He came to know what time we dine.

Dinner will be ready in a few minutes; or, if you like, I will dine up-stairs; and you and Mr. Price' 'But is he coming down to dinner?

We dined with mother on Christmas day, a family party, with the addition of Comte de P. and one or two stray Americans who were at hotels and were of course delighted not to dine on Christmas day at a table d'hote or cafe.

He hopes that his dear prince will waive ceremony and bring his charming princess to dine quite en famille at his little pied à terre in the Champs Élysées.

On dining one day at the house of the Marquis de la Fayette, I met the deputies of colour.

Now, old Bernardini did not care a button that his little wife had a lover; it would not have been en règle if she had notnor did he care that his wife's lover should dine with him every daynot a bitbut old Bernardini is a gourmand, and he does care to be kept waiting for his dinner.

"And yet," say I, looking down through the clear water at a dead tree-bough lying at the bottom, and sighing, "he is going to dine out to-nightto dine with Mrs. Huntley.

Lord John dined at Lansdowne Housea last Cabinet dinner.... Letter from the Queen to Lord John, which for a moment overcame himshe does indeed lose a faithful adviser, and deeply does he feel it for his country and her.

Formerly it was usual for the Great to dine and sup earlier than the Little; but now the rule is reversed, and the later a man dines the more distinguished he argues himself.

Ain't it scandalous the way the Friars wine and dine the dramatists every few weeks?

As perverse fortune would have it, the Doctor had this afternoon given me more desk-work than usual, and I began to doubt whether I should be able to dine, dress, and reach the theatre in time if he detained me much longer.

Henry took the trouble to ring me up from the City this morning to say that he should be dining at homesuch an unusual event that I took it for granted it meant a tête-à-tête.

We'll dine together firstPeter's got a club dinner."