| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1840 - 540 strani
...and handkerchiefs. Indeed, among people of the character of these Mexicans, the waltz seemed to me to have found its right place. The great amusement...owing to its being carnival — was the breaking of «ggs filled with cologne, or other essences, upon the heads of the company. One end of the egg is... | |
| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1842 - 496 strani
...and handkerchiefs. Indeed, among people of the character of these Mexicans, the waltz seemed to me to have found its right place. The great amusement...was owing to its being carnival — was the breaking ofeggs filled with cologne, or other essences, upon the heads of the company. One end of the egg is... | |
| Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) - 1869 - 524 strani
...waving their hats and handkerchiefs. The great amusement of the evening — owing to its being the Carnival — was the breaking of eggs filled with...or other essences, upon the heads of the company. The women bring a great number of these secretly about them, and the amusement is to break one upon... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1890 - 374 strani
...and handkerchiefs. Indeed, among people of the character of those Mexicans, the waltz seemed to me to have found its right place. The great amusement...heads of the company. One end of the egg is broken and the inside taken out, then it is partly filled with cologne, and the whole sealed up. The women... | |
| William Ellsworth Smythe - 1907 - 856 strani
...very few of the genie Ac razon and was considered a high accomplishment and a mark of aristocracy. The great amusement of the evening — which I suppose...heads of the company. One end of the egg is broken and the inside taken out, then it is partly filled with cologne, and the hole sealed up. The women... | |
| William Ellsworth Smythe - 1908 - 340 strani
...very few of the gente de razon and was considered a high accomplishment and a mark of aristocracy. The great amusement of the evening — which I suppose...heads of the company. One end of the egg is broken and the inside taken out, then it is partly filled with cologne, and the hole sealed up. The women... | |
| Richard Henry Dana - 1909 - 436 strani
...hats and handkerchiefs. Indeed among people of the character of these Mexicans, the waltz seemed to me to have found its right place. The great amusement...heads of the company. One end of the egg is broken and the inside taken out, then it is partly filled with cologne, and the whole sealed up. The women... | |
| 1911 - 826 strani
...those days, and of a dance for the people of the presidio in the tent-covered court. Dana continues: "The great amusement of the evening — which I suppose...— was the breaking of. eggs filled with cologne or some essence upon the heads of the company. One end of the egg not be done if the person sees you.... | |
| 1918 - 424 strani
...waving their hats and handkerchiefs. The great amusement of the evening — owing to its being the Carnival — was the breaking of eggs filled with...or other essences, upon the heads of the company. The women bring a great number of these secretly about them, and the amusement is to break one upon... | |
| Richard Henry Dana, Jr. - 2001 - 486 strani
...hats and handkerchiefs. The great amusement of the evening—owing to its being the Carnival—was the breaking of eggs filled with cologne, or other essences, upon the heads of the company. The women bring a great number of these secretly about them, and the amusement is to break one upon... | |
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