"Table service" Quotes from Famous Books
... eighty, appearing in full uniform. The banqueting hall was lighted with hundreds of wax candles, there was a profusion of beautiful flowers, and to me the scene altogether was one of unusual magnificence. The table service was entirely of gold—the celebrated set of the house of Savoy—and behind the chair of each guest stood a servant in powdered wig and gorgeous livery of red plush. I sat at the right of the King, ... — The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. II., Part 6 • P. H. Sheridan |