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... day, McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the car conductors? coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna?s saloon and bought a pitcher of ...

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...s’ coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of sue... ... ward to nothing better than a badly-cooked supper at the coffee-joint—hot meat on a cold plate, half done suet pudding, muddy coffee, and bad bread, ... ... and bacon and mashed potatoes. Go over to the market and get some kind of meat for breakfast. Get a steak, or chops, or something. “Why, Mac, that’s ... ...e put that money away against a rainy day. You’re just as well off without meat for breakfast.” “You do as I tell you. Get some steak, or chops, or so...

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...h, that after the resurrection there will be no connexion of male and female, no use of meat and drink; the Lord declaring, that in the resurrection ... ...her marry, nor are given in marriage; and St. Paul, that the kingdom of the Lord is not meat and drink” 21 Is there no more confutation than this o... ...o greatly, as to desire earthly things in the kingdom of Christ; and after abundance of meats and a glut t o the belly, seek still lower gratifiactio... ...ose who are then risen shall lose themselves in most immoderate carnal feasts, in which meat and drink shall be so plentiful as not only to free the... ...4.) Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 Part I. -182- observe the sabbath, to abstain from meats forbidden by the law, and to worship in the temple at ... ...he forty-fourth Psalm at the 11 th verse, “Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Thou sellest ...

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...l of Pentecost, when all the fellowship of the Round Table were come unto Camelot and there heard their service, and the tables were set ready to the meat, right so entered into the hall a full fair gentlewoman on horseback, that had ridden full fast, for her horse was all besweated....

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...amelot and there heard their service, and the tables were set ready to the meat, right so entered into the hall a full fair gentle- woman on horseback... ...e haste unto dinner. Sir, said Sir Kay the Steward, if ye go now unto your meat ye shall break your old custom of your court, for ye have not used on ... ... old custom of your court, for ye have not used on this day to sit at your meat or that ye have seen some adventure. Y e say sooth, said the king, but... ...s father that him begat, I report me unto all the Table Round. So when the meat was done that the king and all were risen, the king yede unto the Sieg... ...ere was all the hall fulfilled with good odours, and every knight had such meats and drinks as he best loved in this world. And when the Holy Grail ha... ... of Pentecost. Now, said Sir Gawaine, we have been served this day of what meats and drinks we thought on; but one thing beguiled us, we 12 Thomas Ma... ...ought. Also there were cloths covered upon the earth, and many de- licious meats set thereon. Sir Melias beheld this adventure, and thought it marvell...

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...hed nigh Wales. So ever the king had a custom that at the feast of Pentecost in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel....

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...t in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel. And for that custom all ... ... Gawaine went unto the king and said, Sir, go to your 4 Sir Thomas Malory meat, for here at the hand come strange adventures. So Arthur went unto his... ...eat, for here at the hand come strange adventures. So Arthur went unto his meat with many other kings. And there were all the knights of the Round Tab... ...asking. Now, sir, this is my petition for this feast, that ye will give me meat and drink sufficiently for this twelvemonth, and at that day I will as... ...t be may, I have asked that I will ask. Well, said the king, ye shall have meat and drink enough; I never defended that none, neither my friend nor my... ... Kay the steward, and charged him that he should give him of all manner of meats and drinks of the best, and also that he had all manner of finding as... ...life he was fostered up in some abbey, and, howsomever it was, they failed meat and drink, and so hither he is come for his suste- nance. And so Sir K... ...for his suste- nance. And so Sir Kay bade get him a place, and sit down to meat; so Beaumains went to the hall door, and set him down among boys and l... ... and there he ate sadly. And then Sir Launcelot 6 Sir Thomas Malory after meat bade him come to his chamber, and there he should have meat and drink ...

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...racles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteou... ...is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of us... ...e service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on th... ...there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would ... ...or it is a good thing that the heart be estab lished with grace; not with meats, which have not prof ited them that have been occupied therein. 10 W...

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...onges and lay ing them out again, and some cutting up great quan tities of meat. T elemachus saw her long before any one else did. He was sitting mo... ...what there was in the house, the carver fetched them plates of all manner of meats and set cups of gold by their side, and a man servant brought them ... ...ach, and there were nine bulls to each guild. As they were eating the inward meats and burning the thigh bones [on the embers] in the name of Neptune,... ... his company round him were busy getting dinner ready, and putting pieces of meat on to the spits while other pieces were cooking. When they saw the s... ... and his brother Thrasymedes. Then he gave them their portions of the inward meats and poured wine for them into a golden cup, handing it to Minerva f... ... the cup to T elemachus and he prayed like wise. By and by , when the outer meats were roasted and had been taken off the spits, the carvers gave eve... ... course, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them; then Nestor laid them upon the wood fire and pou... ...s in their hands. When the thighs were burned and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest of the meat up small, put the pieces on the spit... ...k his seat by The Odyssey – Book III 35 the side of Nestor. When the outer meats were done they drew them off the spits and sat down to din ner whe...

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...ions. On one side, there were the variegated tints of collared and marbled meats, set off by bright green leaves, the pale brown of glazed pies, the r... ... up a hollow show of liberal housekeeping by purchasing slices of collared meat when a neighbour came in for supper. But it is my task to narrate the ... ... expect to see mince-pies on the table. Mrs. Steene had prepared her mince-meat, and had devoted much butter, fine flour, and labour, to the making of...

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...y looks. There was no smoking, it was the Ramazan; no eating, the fish and meat fizzing in the enormous pots of the cook-shops are only for the Christ... ...ginning to run rather dry, and of a questionable liquor; the ready-roasted-meat trees may cry, “Come eat me,” every now and then, in a faint voice, wi... ...nt in the city; where airy rooms, and plentiful meals, and wines and sweet-meats deli- cate and abundant, were provided to cheer them after the fa- ti... ...m either, though the delicate shoulders of some of them were bare. All the meat, ragouts, fricandeaux, and roasts, which are served round at dinner, s... ...and roasts, which are served round at dinner, seem to me to be of the same meat:a black uncertain sort of viand do these “fleshpots of Egypt” contain.... ...ncertain sort of viand do these “fleshpots of Egypt” contain. But what the meat is no one knew:is it the donkey?The animal is more plentiful than any ... ...egular Egyptian female cook. We had delicate cucumbers stuffed with forced-meats; yellow smoking pilaffs, the pride of the Oriental cuisine; kid and f... ...uby pomegranates, pulled to pieces, deliciously cool and pleasant. For the meats, we certainly ate them with the Infidel knife and fork; but for the f...

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... sound - Wearied with all his toils and feats, The traveller dines on potted meats; On potted meats and princely wines, Not wisely but too well he din...

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...spring of clear water hard by, the whole problem of the squatter’s existence would be solved. Food, however, has yet to be considered, I will go as fa... ...ney in the cabin of a sixteen-ton schooner, storm-stayed in Portree Bay; but after suitable experiments, I pronounce authorita- tively that man cannot... ...ion. It is true that the great 22 Foss, driving by along the Geysers road, wooden-faced, but glorified with legend, might hav... ...t very long, but it was very tiring. To trip along un- steady planks or wade among shifting stones, to go to and fro for water, to clamber down the gl...

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...there had need to be, for six oxen were daily cooked, with sheep and other meats in propor- tion, and any friend or acquaintance of any one in this hu... ... might come in, and not only eat and drink his fill, but carry off as much meat as he could on the point of his dagger. Goodwife Hall, as coming from ... ...ch provision and equipments as were por- table, such as dried fish, salted meat, and barley cakes, as well as linen, and there was a good deal of tail... ...ms beyond. Porridge and broth and very small ale were the fare, and salted meat would be for supper, and as Grisell knew but too well al- ready, her o...

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...ot when he heard this to have a fair supply set before Shibli Bagarag, and meats dressed in divers fashions, spiced, and coloured, and with herbs, and... ...e, on my way to the shop of Ebn Roulchook, the King’s jeweller, beyond the meat-market. Of a surety, I know not how my lord the King may see me.’ Said... ...th lamps of silver, strewn with great golden goblets, and viands, coloured meats, and ordered fruits on shining platters. Then said she to Shibli Baga... ...jets and porphyry pillars to where a service with refreshments was spread, meats, fowls with rice, sweetmeats, preserves, palateable mixtures, and mon...

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...e that corrupted boys and girls; and also it clamoured of tyres and potted meats…. The afternoon’s conference gave him no reassuring answer to his que... ... was uncorked yesterday, and any- how it is not very digestible. This cold meat is bad enough. Y ou ought to have one of those quarter bottles of cham... ...o eat with better appetite than she had shown for some time. It was a cold meat supper; Lady Ella had found it impossible to keep up the regular pract...

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..., and passively she combated them. At first she was nearly vanquished; the meat smelt so acrid, the potatoes so sour; each afflicting vegetable assert... ..., to see you leaving your dinner to get cold! Your hands are like ice. The meat won’t be eat- able. You know I’m not my own master. Come, Dahly, my da... ...ot bad, after all,” said he, drenching his tasteless mouthful of half-cold meat with champagne. “The truth is, that Clubs spoil us. This is Spartan fa... ... irony of Providence sent him by a cook’s shop, where the mingled steam of meats and puddings rushed out upon the wayfarer like ambushed bandits, and ... ...self to the miserable chop he saw for his dinner in the distance—a spot of meat in the arctic circle of a plate, not shone upon by any rosy-warming su... ... I’d say something worth hearing. It’s like poking lions in cages with raw meat, afore you get a chaffing-match out o’ them. Some of ‘em know me. They... ...siness of releasing the dumplings and potatoes, and spreading out the cold meat and lettuces, restrained for some period the narrative of pro- ceeding... .... In vain Mrs. Sumfit asked her; “Shall it be tea, dear, and a little cold meat?” The two dumb figures were separately interrogated, but they had no a...

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...and Countess Lena there had been tender dealings about the age when sweet- meats have lost their attraction, and the charm has to be supplied. She was... ...sleeper who has turned over. He made Katchen bring him bread and slices of meat and a flask of wine, which things found a place in his pockets: and pa... ...o a half-shaded hol- low, where they finished the remainder of yesterday’s meat and wine. She set her eyes upon a gold-green lizard by a stone and sle... ...f for a morsel of flesh. I could part with my buon’mano for a sight of red meat—oh! red meat dripping.’ ‘If,’ cried Angelo, bringing his eyebrows down... ...or the poor soul.” He rose up straight, like one who would utter grace for meat. “Must we, 0 my God, give a sacrifice at every step?” With that he res... ...ouse-doors were all open. The ladies came forth bearing wine and minestra, meat and bread, on trays; and quiet eating and drinking, and fortifying of ... ...ects and wine; the huge appetites of the in- surgents had devoured all her meat and bread. “Why are you here?” he said. She did well in replying boldl... ... draw out a board and lodge in your carriage as in a bed. Biscuits, potted meats, prunes, bon- bona, chocolate, wine—you shall find all at your right ... ...ply into good quarters, where the three proper requirements of the soldier-meat, wine, and tobacco—might be furnished to them. After an imperative cau...

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...ot them at pleasure, any day; but if you’re for a buck, or a little bear’s meat, Judge, you’ll have to take the long rifle, with a greased wadding, or... ...hout counting the fa’ns standing in the door of my own hut; and for bear’s meat, if one wanted a ham or so, he had only to watch a-nights, and he coul... ...on; and the deuce is in it, but I make a good story about its death.” “The meat is none of mine to sell,” said Leather-Stocking, adopting a little of ... ...d the turkeys stood, on the one side, a prodigious chine of roasted bear’s meat, and on the other a boiled leg of delicious mut- ton. Interspersed amo... ... other a boiled leg of delicious mut- ton. Interspersed among this load of meats was every species of vegetables that the season and country afforded.... ...nce that resembled nothing but itself, which Remarkable termed her “sweet- meats.” At the side of each plate, which was placed bottom upward, with its... ...his flesh, so I took a good drink of his blood, and the Indians ate of his meat raw. John was there, and John knows. But then starvation would be apt ... ...ing through the bushes, and replied: “There lies one. How do you like such meat?” “This!” exclaimed Hiram; “why , this is Judge T emple’s dog Brave. T... ...es, it was on his pole they hung. If the squaws cried because there was no meat for their children, he was the first in the chase. His bullet was swif...

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... word. Drolleries, humours, re- puted witticisms, are like odours of roast meats, past with the picking of the joint. Idea is the only vital breath. T... ...ght time, a certainly empty house, to his fancy. He fed on a snack of cold meat and tea, standing, and set forth, clearly directed, ‘if he kept a shar... ... left the worst for last, and home-fed filled them with stuff to make good meat and fat ‘what we calls prime bacon.’ As it is not right to damp a nati... ...r into her Bank, and then she enjoyed the contemptuous felicity of tossing meat to her lions, tigers, wolves, and jackals, who, but for the fortunate ... ...nal aunt of Constance, who kept house for them. Quintin Manx fell upon the meats, and then upon the Minister. Dacier found 313 George Meredith himsel...

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...but, willing to give his father the occasion of first finding him out, the meat being on the table, he drew his sword as if he designed to cut with it... ...virgins upon whom the lot fell, for thus they ran about bringing bread and meat to their chil- dren; and because the women then told their sons and da... ...sbands and children to their fathers and brothers; gave those that wanted, meat and drink, and carried the wounded home to be cured, and showed also h... ...ce he made, that they should all eat in common, of the same bread and same meat, and of kinds that were specified, and should not spend their lives at... ...thout mercy, for thieving so ill and awkwardly. They stole, too, all other meat they could lay their hands on, looking out and watching all opportunit... ...t number of citizens to an entertainment, at which the dishes in which the meat was served were very homely and plain, and the repast itself poor and ... ...with all sorts of costly drinking-vessels, and the tables loaded with rich meats, and a most sumptu- ous entertainment. But the dialogue which is repo... ...reek-like legislator, grant- ing even to actual slaves a license to sit at meat with their masters at the feast of Saturn, that they, also, might have... ...no more than three articles of dress were allowed them; an obol’s worth of meat and drink; and no basket above a cubit high; and at night they were no...

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...y of the veritable ships’ biscuit on his table. It was familiar with dried meats and tongues, possessing an extraordinary flavour of rope yarn. Pickle... ...een said by the Doctor, dinner began. There was some nice soup; also roast meat, boiled meat, vegetables, pie, and cheese. Every young gentleman had a... ...They talk together constantly, and sit long at meals, making much of their meat and drink, and enjoying them- selves after a grim unholy fashion. Mrs ... ...took the best possible care of himself, and indeed ate rather more of rich meats than was good for him, insomuch that his Imperial complexion was main... ... was glad to see his bear dancing well. When the Major was too hoarse with meat and drink, and the display of his social powers, to render himself int...