Kitchen-Knife, Bourse (1738)

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THE MEMOIRS OF CHARLES-LEWIS, BARON DE POLLNITZ:
THE OBSERVATIONS HE MADE IN HIS LATE TRAVELS FROM PRUSSIA THRO GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE, FLANDERS, HOLLAND, ENGLAND, &C.
In Five Volumes
Dublin: S. Powell
1738

   The title promised much more than the book delivered.

VOLUME THREE
Pg. 261:  Perhaps it was this Town only that a certain _Frenchman_ had seen, when he said that he had taken Notice of but three Things in _Holland_, and they began all with the Syllable CA, _viz._ _Canals_, _Canards_ (Ducks) and _Canaille_, _i. e._ Mob...

VOLUME FOUR
Pg. 132 (Amsterdam): This Square, which is longer than 'tis broad, is surrounded (Pg. 133--ed.) with a large open Gallery or Corridor, supported by Free-stone Pillars, for shelter in case of Rain; and is call'd the _Bourse_ or _Exchange_.  Here are Merchants of all Nations...
(OED has 1845 for "Bourse"--ed.)

Pg. 330:  This Saloon separates their Royal Highnesses Apartments from the Chapel...
(Several "saloons" here.  OED from 1728?--ed.)

VOLUME FIVE
Pg. 167:  ..._Villa-Franca_'s Assembly, where there was Variety of Gaming: There were always several Tables for Ombre, Pharo, Lansquenet, &c. ...
(OED has "Pharoah"/"Faro" from 1717 or 1739, with various dates for spellings--ed.)

Pg. 230:  ...the Landlady has snatch'd up a great Kitchen-Knife, with which she was going to run at him when I parted them, and with some Money the Landlady was pacify'd...
(OED has 1969 for "kitchen-knife."  1969!?--ed.)