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The rays fell from a thick green funnel in a plateful of strong light upon a table deep in books. I noticed several volumes of the "Invasion of the Crimea." "That's where I rest the body and exercise the brain," said Raffles. "I have long wanted to read my Kinglake from A to Z, and I manage about a volume a night. There's a style for you, Bunny!
"People getting over fevers and lung troubles don't usually burn. They stay white and peaked even out of doors in July." "I reckon I ain't that kind. I'll take another plateful. Gawd, what a pretty arm you've got!" The girl ladled out for him the last spoonful of soup, then went and stood with her foot upon the cradle rocker. "I reckon you ain't that kind," she said beneath her breath.
Plumridge. John was off rabbit-shooting, so of course he did not appear at that meal so essential to ladies; and after Cousin Amelia, by way of being delicate, had got through two cutlets, the best part of a chicken, a plateful of rice-pudding, and a large glass of sherry, I ventured to propose to her that if the afternoon held up we should have a walk.
"Goodness!" cried Nanon, "you needn't tell me that." Grandet cast a look that was well-nigh paternal upon his faithful deputy. "Mademoiselle," she cried, when his back was turned, "we shall have the galette." Pere Grandet returned from the garden with the fruit and arranged a plateful on the kitchen-table. "Just see, monsieur," said Nanon, "what pretty boots your nephew has.
Whit that he fell to looking also under the table, as well as to hurrying about with cries of "Mavra, Mavra!" At length the call was answered by a woman with a plateful of the sugar of which mention has been made; whereupon there ensued the following conversation. "What have you done with my piece of writing paper, you pilferer?"
Now, what shall I do about it? "'Waal, Doctor, says Dock Smith, 'what do you think 'bout it? "'He's got to die anyhow, says Dock Brainerd, 'an' I don't suppose the beans 'll make any diff'rence. "'That's the way I figger it, says Dock Smith; 'in all my practice I never knew of beans hurtin' anybody. "So Sary went down to the kitchen an' brought up a plateful of hot baked beans.
Of course Snip was not watching for him; and little Nan also, instead of looking out for him as usual, was waiting eagerly to be helped; for, as soon as Stephen was seen over the brow of the hill, Martha poured her dainty stew into a large brown dish, and she had already portioned out a plateful for the grandfather.
You're the girl for my money! and sit down laughing to a smoking plateful.
A plateful of this beautiful fruit was, as you will see, the cause of some remarkable changes." On the banks of the Rhine, in the pleasant little village of Rebenheim, lived Ehrenberg, the village mayor. He was much respected for his virtues, and his wife was greatly beloved for her charity to the poor.
The King, the late Monsieur, the Dauphin, and the Duc de Berri were great eaters. I have often seen the King eat four platefuls of different soups, a whole pheasant, a partridge, a plateful of salad, mutton hashed with garlic, two good-sized slices of ham, a dish of pastry, and afterwards fruit and sweetmeats. The King and Monsieur were very fond of hard eggs.
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