...these names are proposed. The drinking is done in this fashion. He who proposes the toast takes his cup, and goes into the middle of the room, and standing...drunk. He then goes to the top of the table and orders as many cups to be filled, and then hands each man his cup, pronouncing the name of the party whose...

...festive speech, the name of him «hose health he wishes to drink, and what he has to say in his beluilf. Then after emptying the cup, he turns it upside down...drunk. He then goes to the top of the table and orders as many cups to be filled, and then hands each man his cup, pronouncing the name of the party whose...

...what he has to say in his behalf. Then after emptying the cup, he turns it upside down over his bead, so that all may see that he has emptied it, and that...drunk. He then goes to the top of the table and orders as many cups to be filled, and then hands each man his cup, pronouncing the name of the party whose...

...the Russians and their manner of proposing toasts. He says, " He who proposes ithe toast takes his cup and goes into the middle of the room, and standing...the person in honour of whom the toast was drunk." The silver bratina in the Henderson collection is a splendid specimen of ornament and execution, and...

...Russian drinking customs and the manner of proposing toasts : " He who proposes the toast takes his cup and goes into the middle of the room, and, standing...the person in honour of whom the toast was drunk." There can be no doubt that the bratina was a familiar object to Anthony Jenkinson, the English merchant,...