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"Now, then, boy, rouse out," said McElvina, shaking our hero for a long while, without any symptoms of recovering him from his lethargy. "Try him on the other tack," said the captain, lifting him off the sofa, and placing him upright on his legs. "There's no sugar in it yet," said Willy, who was dreaming that he was supplying the mulled claret to the old master's mate.

What you doin' to that there Chink? He's cussin' scand'lous. Casey been up to some of his devilment?" "Come in and join us, Tom," said Casey. "Feng had a run-in with Fluff. Result, one bottle of claret and two glasses gone to glory." "Also one Chink on the warpath," McHale added. "If I was in the insurance business I wouldn't write no policy on that there hen.

Heat 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan; add the ducks, 1 large onion chopped fine, 2 cloves of garlic and 1 herb bouquet chopped. Cover and brown a few minutes; add 1 cup of water and stew until tender. Then add 1/2 can of mushrooms and 1 glass of claret and let simmer until done. Hungarian Beef Stew. Cut beef into small pieces.

"Not quite so much; pretty near." "For instance, he can marry?" "That's not a criminal case, you know." "And the marriage is valid?" "You can dispute it." "Yes, and the Greeks and the Trojans can fight. It holds then?" "Both water and fire!" The patriarch of the table sang out to Adrian that he stopped the vigorous circulation of the claret. "Dear me, sir!" said Adrian, "I beg pardon.

Refreshments were served at five o'clock, and the festivities were kept up till the sun went down, and half the children were sick from overeating the mothers were tired, and some of the men a little shaky in their legs, and thick in their speech, from a too frequent acquaintance with the claret punch which stood here and there in great bowls, free as water, and more popular.

In this connection, it may be interesting to know that the small twelve-gallon casks of red wine, resembling Burgundy rather than claret, but less heavy than the Australian wines, and forming a delicious drink with water, are delivered at one's own door carriage free for a price which works out, including duty, at 8-1/2d. the ordinary bottle, or 1s. 2d. the flagon, such as the Australian wine is sold in.

Cognac is a real place, it appears an old town of twenty thousand people or so, and it is really where cognac comes from, all other brandies being, of course, as one will learn here, mere upstart eaux-de-vie. We went through some of the cellars to-day, as venerable and vast as the claret cellars in Bordeaux, although not quite as interesting, perhaps, because not so "alive."

"Well, uncle, you ought to have known better," said Percy, sulkily, as, yielding, he resumed his seat, and poured himself out a bumper of claret, by way of consolation. He had not been much of a companion before: now he made himself almost as unpleasant as a young man could be, and that is saying a great deal.

We were drifting, I could see, towards Doctor Haig's system of dietary, and whether the exclusion or inclusion of fish and chicken were most conducive to high efficiency, when Britten, who had refused lemonade and claret and demanded Burgundy, broke out, and was discovered to be demanding in his throat just what we Young Liberals thought we were up to?

"Now, gentlemen," said Mr Fothergill, cheerily, "we are all right. Apjohn, is there claret there? Mr Bolus, I know you stick to the Madeira; you are quite right, for there isn't much of it left, and my belief is there'll never be more like it." And so the duke's hospitality went on, and the duke's guests drank merrily for the next two hours. "Shan't we see any more of him?" asked Frank.