With this praiseworthy interest the colonel proceeded to arrange the "materiel" of our dessert in battle array, when the door was suddenly thrown open, and a very handsome girl, in a most becoming demi toilette, sprung into the room, and either not noticing, or not caring, that a stranger was present, threw herself into the old gentleman's arms, with a degree of empressement, exceedingly vexatious for any third and unoccupied party to witness.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Before them stood a small table, covered with a spotless napkin, upon which a breakfast equipage was spread-a most inviting melon and a long, slender-necked bottle, reposing in a little ice-pail, forming part of the "materiel."
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
It was whilst making the arrangements for the expedition by sea, which was to transport the staff, materiel, and stores of the Settlement, that Mr. Jardine, foreseeing the want of fresh provision, proposed to the Government to send his own sons, Frank and Alexander, overland with a herd of cattle to form a station from which it might be supplied.
"The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine"
Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine