Word: feasting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...feast never ends in thy plenteous hall...
...successful huntsman only the tail is given to him, while the feet and head are the booty of those coming up afterwards. The hunt was completed by a dinner on the return to the house, but the lack of time forced us to leave a merry feast. Not only at the hunt, but during the entire visit of the Eleven at Montreal, the McGill Club were most courteous and hospitable, and it is to be hoped that they may be as cordially received next spring as the Harvard Eleven were this fall...
After he left the rapturous feast...
...wine or ale. Once accustomed to drink in their homes and at the table, looking upon these drinks as a part of their dinner, they would early in life contract the habit of their regular and moderate use. In those districts of France where meat is a rarity, on feast days the tables overflow with it. Course after course of it is brought on, and the guests eat to satiety. So it is in the United States with wines. It is in consequence a matter of regret that people do not more generally sanction the use of wine...
...stale routine of term-time is this our holiday bill-of-fare! Ancient mutton and the cheerful bean give place to the monstrous turkey and savory viands in three courses. The tables groan under their unaccustomed burden, and the marble bust of our benefactor looks down upon the feast with an astonished but approving smile. How welcome is the after-dinner nap, undisturbed by that execrable four o'clock bell! And then, with a social game at whist in the evening, we forget that we are homeless...