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  • The fact that the objective of Smith's Literary Luncheons is to offer Torontonians an opportunity to see and hear outstanding personalities in the world of letters and the arts in a friendly atmosphere of a luncheon gathering such as this, makes a natural occasion for our joint meeting.

    Addresses by Luella Creighton, Pierre Berton, and Dr. Wilder Penfield 1954

  • Luncheons were both formal – with everyone seated by rank – and informal – the gentlemen served the ladies and sometimes children were invited down.

    The Country House Party | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • MY GAWD my grandmother used to have chicken ala King at her DAR and Junior League Luncheons waaaaay back when!

    King Ranch Chicken | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • Luncheons at midday today on account of the Masters grandchildren arriving, and were already behind with the rooms.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • Luncheons at midday today on account of the Masters grandchildren arriving, and were already behind with the rooms.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Luncheons... a little difficult for working women to attend, who don't work ON post or close enough.. and I looked in vain for something else!

    So, what say you? - SpouseBUZZ 2007

  • Luncheons, sitting parties, and other forms of daily entertainment were just as popular.

    Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

  • Luncheons and billiards, however, failed to give sufficient brightness to the dull winter days, or to insure him against an impending bronchial attack, and toward the end of January he sailed away to Bermuda, where skies were bluer and roadsides gay with bloom.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

  • Escaping from hot lofts, the Queen Street troupe of painters, writers, filmmakers and assorted hangers-on would arrive in camper vans with kites, Frisbees and picnic baskets, arranging themselves spontaneously in groupings from Luncheons on the Grass accompanied by butter tarts and cider bought from neighbouring church bakes sales.

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Moose 1987

  • The presence of the Premier of Ontario at Empire Club Luncheons is, of course, not unusual.

    A New National Economic Policy 1971

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