Autocrat's

Among those who regularly sit at the Autocrat's table is a schoolboy, whom he calls Benjamin Franklin, and to whom he tells this beautiful story of the Cubes of Truth.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

When Buonaparte's envoys retired from the Autocrat's presence, it still remained doubtful whether the abdication would be accepted in its present form, or the Allies would insist on an unconditional surrender.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906

_What_ memories of his concealment in the Autocrat's "Special" going to the

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Ian Hamilton 1900

So the great house, as it must have been for long, stood but a few feet from the old Haverhill and Boston road, surrounded by mighty elms, one of which measured, twenty-five years ago, “sixteen and a half feet in circumference, at one foot above the ground, well deserving of mention in the 'Autocrat's' list of famous trees.”

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890

If Mr. Lang, in a leisure hour, were to undertake a search for it, he might incidentally find cause to modify his view as to the sternness of the Autocrat's anti-Americanism.

America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer 1890

Kohinoor, the Sculpin, the Scarabaeus and the Old Gentleman who sits opposite, are not fully drawn characters, but outlined figures, lightly sketched -- as is the Autocrat's wont -- by means of some trick of speech, or dress, or feature, but they are quite life-like enough for their purpose, which is mainly to {494} furnish listeners and foils to the eloquence and wit of the chief talker.

Brief History of English and American Literature 1886

Autocrat's wont -- by means of some trick of speech, or dress, or feature, but they are quite life-like enough for their purpose, which is mainly to furnish listeners and foils to the eloquence and wit of the chief talker.

Initial Studies in American Letters 1886

It had an unceremonied domesticity in the abundance of its light dishes, and I fancy these did not vary much from East to West, except that we had a Southern touch in our fried chicken and corn bread; but at the Autocrat's tea table the cheering cup had a flavor unknown to me before that day.

My First Visit to New England (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

I remember that as I sat at that table under the pavement, in Pfaff's beer-cellar, and listened to the wit that did not seem very funny, I thought of the dinner with Lowell, the breakfast with Fields, the supper at the Autocrat's, and felt that I had fallen very far.

My First Visit to New England (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

I rent myself away from the Autocrat's presence as early as I could, and as my evening had been too full of happiness to sleep upon at once, I spent the rest of the night till two in the morning wandering about the streets and in the Common with a Harvard Senior whom I had met.

My First Visit to New England (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878