10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURDONIUM»
Discover the use of
purdonium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
purdonium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
The fire of classical en! husia>m has got down at last into our coalscuttles, a
specimen of which has been brought out under the Anglo- Grecian title of the
Purdonium. We should not like to venture to tell our servant to replenish the Pu--
donium ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor,
1848
PURDONIUM and TORALIUM I wa s reminded of Purdonium, which is
Auctioneer's English for a coal-scuttle, by a correspondent who told me of
Toralium, which is similar lingo for an eider-down. Latin torus (bed) gives the
latter its veneer of ...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown,
1943
3
Collected Tales and Fantasies of Lord Berners: Including ...
"That is Mrs. Purdonium," Madame d'Arc informed him. "She has my models
copied and claims my acquaintance, but I don't know her." Mrs. Purdonium was
speaking ecstatically of "Emanuel" and "Gloria." Emanuel was surprised to hear
her ...
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners,
1999
That is Mrs. Purdonium," Madame d'Arc informed him. " She has my models
copied and claims my acquaintance, but I don't know her." Mrs. Purdonium was
speaking ecstatically of "Emanuel" and "Gloria." Emanuel was surprised to hear
her ...
Baron Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners,
1941
5
The English Fireplace: Its Architecture and the Working Fire
OVERLEAF In the drawing room at Doddington the purdonium is on wheels. The
Gothic taste in the grate and surrounding ironwork contrasts rather strongly with
the eighteenth-century painted fire surround. In the example at the York Castle ...
Mods, as long ago as 1912), and despite having seen many cities and men after
that, I had never, until recently, come across the word purdonium. I was puzzled
by it in Christie's catalogue of the surplus contents of West Dean Park, near ...
7
Furniture, Bronzes, Works of Art, Miniatures, Fans, Vertu, ...
£100-150 975 A tole-ware Purdonium, circa 1840, of cylindrical shape with
domed lid, the sides with cast handles, painted with gilt bands on black ground,
46cm.; 18in. £150-200 976 A tole-ware Purdonium, circa 1840, of tapered
rectangular ...
"Purdonium" (10th S. iii. 388).-Under the heading of ' Coffee Biggin ' I find at 7th S
. ii. 455 the following sentence :— "Lest the origin of the name of another article
should hereafter excite curiosity, the coal-box standing at my fireside is called a ...
9
Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
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purdonium ...
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī,
1981
10
The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin: With Catalogue Raisonné
This book is the first comprehensive study of Godwin's furniture designs. Taking the form of a catalogue raisonne, the book documents and reproduces all known examples of his secular furniture and related furniture designs.
Susan Weber Soros, Edward William Godwin,
1999