When his Indonesian driver of ten years' standing got married, his master not only paid for a sumptuous wedding to which he invited the grandest notables of Buraida.
But even in a pudding or mousse, any extra money you spend on top-notch choc will be paid back in sumptuous flavour.
When his Indonesian driver of ten years' standing decided to get married, his master not only paid for a sumptuous wedding to which he invited the highest luminaries of Buraida.
In one of the scenes, after confessing he doesn't have any money to pay the bill for the sumptuous lunch he is having, he says, "Not having money is no reason to eat badly".
As dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St . Johns University in Queens, she traveled the world soliciting donations, luring potential contributors with sumptuous meals, entertainment and gifts, all of it paid for by the college.
The powerful mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe offered a finespun and sumptuous account of the lovely aria "Connais-tu le pays" from Thomas's "Mignon".
Around this time, in New York and elsewhere, there were Bowery Christmas dinners, where the wealthy paid to watch the poor eat a sumptuous feast.
At Thursday's sale, the Getty returned the gesture -- in a manner of speaking -- acquiring Orazio Gentileschi's Baroque masterpiece "Danaë" (circa 1621), paying $30.49 million (with buyer's premium) for the sumptuous canvas.
The previous auction record for Polynesian art was the $240,800 paid in 1977 at Christie's in London for a larger, more sumptuous feather cloak from the James T. Hooper collection.
After a $7 million renovation, designed by Jamie Drake and paid for privately through the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, the four principal downstairs rooms exude a sumptuous Second Empire formality.
