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"He is a little gourmand," said Grace, laughing, "whom I condemn for his punishment to eat my part of the cake." "To the health of Grace," said the father. "We have just opened for her one of the bottles of old Bourdeaux, which the brave French captain gave us, who came near perishing down below at the end of the great reef of rocks, sixteen years ago."
Indeed, she had been such a gourmand that she had gained a pound and six ounces, if the scales upon which she had been weighed in Prouty were accurate. Mr.
Seldom had La Fleur or either of her husbands prepared for prince, ambassador, or titled gourmand a meal which better satisfied the loftiest outreaches of the soul in the truest interests of the palate.
With a cry of dismay and rage he flung himself upon the little gourmand, and after a short struggle, secured the precious pie; but alas, bereft of its most delicious part it was picked clean of its currants. For a moment he gazed, grief-stricken, at the leathery, viscous remnant in his hand. Then, with a wrathful exclamation, "Here, then, you can just take it then, you big pig, you!"
He knew as well as any one what was in the house, and would refuse beef if turkey was to be had; and if there were oysters, he would wait over the turkey to see if the oysters would not be forthcoming. And yet he was not a gross gourmand; he would eat bread if he saw me eating it, and thought he was not being imposed on.
Only the most apparent change would have been seen by him; the subtler indications of a disturbed mind were beyond his ken. Iredale seemed to be merely the Iredale he knew, and as he watched his lips parted with a sucking sound such as the gourmand might make in contemplating a succulent dish. Iredale came in.
Your Cassel court at Bremen is, I doubt, not very splendid; money must be wanting: but, however, I dare say their table is always good, for the Landgrave is a gourmand; and as you are domestic there, you may be so too, and recruit your loss of flesh from your fever: but do not recruit too fast. Adieu. LONDON, September 26, 1758
"One more kiss, lassie," said the man. "Mans comme to es gourmand, toi!" He kissed her savagely, hungrily. Then he lurched off the sidewalk and formed up with other men in the darkness. The Scots Guards moved next morning. I stood by the side of the colonel, who was in a gruff mood. "It looks like rain," he said, sniffing the air. "It will probably rain like hell when the battle begins."
He knew as well as any one what was in the house, and would refuse beef if turkey was to be had; and if there were oysters, he would wait over the turkey to see if the oysters would not be forthcoming. And yet he was not a gross gourmand; he would eat bread if he saw me eating it, and thought he was not being imposed on.
"Bold and erect the Caledonian stood; Old was his mutton, and his claret good. 'Let him drink port, an English statesman cried: He drunk the poison and his spirit died." Unlike his father, who never sinned against moderation in his cups, Charles Yorke was a deep drinker as well as a gourmand.
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