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He smelt it, and raised it to his lips took about a wine-glassful of it, and then drew his breath. "This is delightful," said he; "the best of old rum, I never tasted so good. How big did you say that the cask was?" I described it as well as I could. "Indeed, then it must be a whole puncheon that will last a long while."
Either a teaspoonful of heavy calcined magnesia, or half a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda the former to be preferred if there be constipation should occasionally be taken in a wine-glassful of warm water. If these do not relieve the above directions as to diet having been strictly attended to the following mixture ought to be tried.
Rushton staggered back into the sitting-room, sick and faint, sank into a chair, and presently asked for a glass of wine. "We have no wine," replied Mademoiselle de Tourville; "but there is a cordial in the next room which may be better for you." She was absent about a minute, and on returning, presented Mrs. Rushton with a large wine-glassful of liquid, which the deceased lady eagerly swallowed.
The first shops were tents or booths at fairs or in market-places; and thence "tienda" came to mean a shop in general; a derivation which corresponds with that of the word "shop" itself. Such of the population as had money seemed to drop in at regular intervals for a dram, which consisted of a small wine-glassful of white-corn-brandy, called chinguerito.
A dose of castor oil, often one of the great griefs of the nursery, may generally be given without the least difficulty if previously shaken up in a bottle with a wine-glassful of hot milk sweetened and flavoured with a piece of cinnamon boiled in it, by which all taste of the oil is effectually concealed.
She begged to go to bed quite half an hour earlier than usual, which made Miss Tabitha afraid again that she was going to be ill. But as there is nothing better for children than to go to bed early, even if they are going to be ill, Miss Grizzel told her to say good-night, and to ask Dorcas to give her a wine-glassful of elderberry wine, nice and hot, after she was in bed.
As soon as Ralph had shut the door behind them, Mr. Wilkins went to the sideboard, and took out a bottle which had not previously made its appearance. "Have a little cognac?" he asked, with an assumption of carelessness, as he poured out a wine-glassful. "It's a capital thing for the headache; and this nasty lowering weather has given me a racking headache all day."
The Chevalier shrugged his shoulders and looked uneasy. "C'est vrai" he acknowledged, more unwillingly than ever, "J'ai des vertiges." My father relinquished his hold and scribbled a rapid prescription. "There, sir," said he, "get that preparation made up, and when you next feel as you felt just now, drink a wine-glassful. I should recommend you to keep some always at hand, in case of emergency.
One pint of milk made very sweet; a wine-glassful of brandy or rum, well stirred together; grate a little nutmeg over the top of the glasses. Serve with a straw in each glass. PARE off the yellow rind of four large lemons and steep it for twenty-four hours in a quart of brandy or rum.
One quart of sifted flour is one pound. One pint of granulated sugar is one pound. Two cups of butter packed are one pound. Ten eggs are one pound. Five cupfuls of sifted flour are one pound. A wine-glassful is half a gill. Eight even tablespoonfuls are a gill. Four even saltspoonfuls make a teaspoonful. A saltspoonful is a good measure of salt for all custards, puddings, blancmanges, &c.
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