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Updated: May 18, 2025
"Dat was as good as roast beef, chicken, pork-chops, cranberry sauce, celery an' potatoes," observed Washington with a sigh of satisfaction. Since the native women had brought them food no one in the cave had taken the slightest notice of the prisoners. The men in the centre about the big stone lamp sat like so many dark and graven images, saying not a word.
An' thin he'd ate a dozen or two av thim pork-chops, an' wash 'em down wid a gallon av black coffee an' he'd be roight fer an-nything from a carouse wid th' brown dancin' Nautch gir-rls, to a brush in th' hills wid their fightin' brown brothers. "Th' liquor's waitin' ut moightn't be as good as ye're used, but Oi've seen Captain Fronte himself shmack his lips over worse.
"What were you bellowing about pork-chops, Pollifex?" asked the Captain, the moment the boat touched the shore. "A failure, sir," said the Colonial Secretary; "burnt, sir; disgracefully burnt up to a cinder, sir. He informs me that such a course is not usual in naval jurisprudence. I am, however, of opinion that in one of the civil courts of the colony an action for damages would lie.
"About a thousand, Gideon." "Well, I'd moughty like five hun'red of it, ef that's 'greeable to yo'." Felix whistled. "Five hundred? Pork-chops must be coming high. You don't want to carry all that money around, do you?" Gideon did not answer; he looked very gloomy. Stuhk hastened to cheer him. "Of course you can have anything you want. Wait a minute, and I will get it for you.
It is related, that Fuseli, the celebrated artist, when he wished to summon Nightmare, and bid her sit for her picture, or any other grotesque or horrible personations, was wont to prime himself for the feat by supping on about three pounds of half-dressed pork-chops. An infant was brought for baptism into a country church.
We'll have pork-chops and roast duck for supper to-night. And before I let you go home, you must make your friends send me a trunk-full of gold." Poor Gub-Gub began to weep; and Dab-Dab made ready to fly to save her life. But the owl, Too-Too, whispered to the Doctor, "Keep him talking, Doctor. Be pleasant to him.
Down we sit to supper; commencing with a delicate gravy soup and liver fritters; following up with breaded pork-chops and red saurkraut; continuing upon baked veal and prunes; not forgetting the entremets of green pease and finely-sliced carrots stewed in butter together; going on with a well-made sallad; and winding up with a syllabub and preserves. Hah!
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