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I belong to the ancient Catholicism, to that pure Spanish religion, free from all modern extravagances. It would be sad to have spent my life in saving, only to fatten the Jesuits or those sisters who cannot speak Castilian. I do not wish my money to share the fate of that of the sacristans in the proverb. Probably she will be hunted; some rake will laugh at me and possess himself of my money."
"The pond shall be drained, holy father; I have already ordered it. Then we shall plant pot-herbs on the mud bottom, and after we have gathered them in, return the fish and water once more from the lower pond, so that they may fatten among the rich stubble." "Good!" cried the Abbot.
But the Chicken must have liberty to go from her to other parts of the Coop, where they may eat their own meat, and come in again to the Hen, to be warmed by her, at their pleasure. You must be careful to keep their Coop very clean. Fatten your Chicken the first week with Oatmeal scalded in Milk; the second with Rice and Sugar in Milk. In a fortnight they will be prodigiously fat.
They all dreamt of becoming the wives of sultans or pashas and of living in palaces. As the old man fed them with nothing but millet, to fatten them, we used to bring them our dessert after each meal, and so we were soon good friends.
They've made him believe it to be a good financial thing for the State and he can't see that they are going to buy cheap stock, fatten it on a low rate from the State and hand it over to the French Government at a fancy rake-off and then leave him with the bag to hold when the time for settlement and complaint comes.
How he would snub the old man for the son's pretensions, and sneer at the young man for his disproportioned ambition; and last of all, how he would mystify poor Kate, till she never knew whether he cared to fatten calves and turkeys, or was simply drawing her on to little details, which he was to dramatise one day in an after-dinner story.
The bat skimmed in fantastic flights through the heavy air, and the ground was alive with crawling things, whose instinct brought them forth to swell and fatten in the rain. 'No longer were the friar's eyes directed to the earth; they were cast abroad, and roamed from point to point, as if the gloom and desolation of the scene found a quick response in his own bosom.
The Stawata and the Martinitz, On whom the emperor heaps his gifts and graces, To the heart-burning of all good Bohemians Those minions of court favor, those court harpies, Who fatten on the wrecks of citizens Driven from their house and home who reap no harvests Save in the general calamity Who now, with kingly pomp, insult and mock The desolation of their country these, Let these, and such as these, support the war, The fatal war, which they alone enkindled!
Ah'll send oor Charlie ower wi' a bit jug o' cream ivery morn, an' it'll mak the pair thing fatten up a wee." "Thank you, Auntie Jinit," said Elizabeth, the kindness bringing the tears to her eyes. "You're so good." Mrs. Martin glanced at her sideways again. She had seen little of Elizabeth within the last few years, but her regard for the girl had never changed.
They will fatten and whiten like me." "How they snore!" "Sire, you must not judge them to-night; they have supped well." "Stay, there is one speaking in his sleep; let us listen." Indeed, one of the gentlemen called out, "If you are a woman, fly!" The king approached him softly. "Ah! ah!" said he, "he is a gallant." "What do you think of him, sire?"
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