| 单词 | capon |
| 例句 | Bronn seated himself across the table and pulled a wing off the capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “How far have we come?” the dwarf asked him as they stuffed themselves with cold capon and a relish made of carrots, raisins, and bits of lime and orange. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nearer the door, the Queen’s Hand was attacking a brace of capons, sucking the meat off the bones and washing down each bite with ale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "You run if you want to eat tonight," he shouted, his promises of a plump crisp capon already forgotten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were lamprey pies, capons glazed with honey, a whiskerfish from the bottom of the Greenblood that was so big it took four serving men to carry it to table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He ate little, Hotah observed: a spoon of soup, a bite of the pepper, the leg off a capon, some fish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Last night she could have whispered any of them dead, if only she hadn't been so mad at Weese for hitting her and lying about the capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He found her in the high seat of die Starks, ripping a capon apart with her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "And I charge you to bring the prisoner a cup of wine and a nicely crisped capon, before he dies of hunger," Lannister said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Parisian cousins nobody has heard from in decades now write letters begging for capons, hams, hens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He helped the unfortunate King to two or three capons, and the latter sat down miserably at the end of the table, trying to swallow a few bits of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He thrust his fingers inside the capon and tore off a handful of breast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There had been boar’s head and venison and pork and beef and mutton and capons—but no turkey, because this bird bad not yet been invented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the women had taken to sleeping in Weese's bed, and she got a piece of ripe blue cheese as well, and a wing off the capon that Weese had spoken of that morning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He stared down at the remains of his supper, his belly roiling at the sight of the cold greasy capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was hot bread and fresh-churned butter, a thick beef soup, capon and carrots, and peaches in honey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it strange that the only people who eat capons are sixteenth-century courtiers and twenty-first-century Brooklyn hipsters?” a publisher in his thirties, at the Susan B. Anthony setting, observed as he chewed. An Actual Dinner Party Inspired by Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z On that long-ago Red Rice Day, my mother had offered me a crispy, dry-roasted capon, no dressing or gravy, and a simple lettuce salad, no tomatoes or cucumbers. All about my mother 2013-03-30T09:00:00Z There was a boned, meat-stuffed capon leg served with fantastic beets and a mustard-cream sauce along with a bowl of potatoes for the center of the table. Choice Tables: In Copenhagen, a New Food Mecca 2011-11-18T16:59:55Z From the Renaissance up to the late nineteenth century, one finds many cookbooks that suggest covering boiled meat, especially poultry such as duck or capon, with macaroni or filled pasta. "One nation united under pasta": How the "discovery of pasta" shaped Italy 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In Martin’s books, you read pages upon pages describing the grease dripping off roasted capons. 5 Ways HBO’s Game of Thrones Exhibit Dissapoints Us 2013-04-04T09:45:32Z It may have started with the cockentrice, a monstrosity made by stitching together the head and upper torso of a pig with a capon, found on feast menus from the fifteenth century. Turducken has been weird for a very long time 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Bill occupied the kitchen, and invariably cooked a turkey at Thanksgiving and a capon at Christmas. My backup mom 2013-02-27T23:30:00Z For Christmas at home, Blumenthal — no stranger to creating a life-size gingerbread house with praline rose marshmallow bricks and white chocolate mortar — usually cooks goose or a Bresse capon. T Magazine: A Very Heston Holiday 2010-12-04T12:00:00Z Each part is added separately, according to its own cooking time, and, at some point, a stewing hen or capon is usually added to the caldron, too. A Feast as Thrilling to Make as It Is to Eat 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “There she was sitting up there at the table over capon, caviar and gleaming silver, eager to hear every word on every phase of life on a saw-mill ‘job,’ ” Zora wrote. Review | A look at what brought Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes together. And what tore them apart. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z For her 117th birthday, she ate foie gras, roasted capon, cheese and a dessert similar to a baked alaska. Sister André, World’s Oldest Known Person, Dies at 118 in France 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The menu for her birthday feast included a starter of foie gras, followed by capon with fragrant mushrooms and wrapping up with baked Alaska, the nun’s favorite dessert. Champagne, red wine and Mass on tap for nun’s 117th birthday 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z On second thought, this could be the year of the capon. In political Washington, 2017 will be the year of the chicken 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Mr Hoover once described his ouster Mr Roosevelt as a "chameleon in plaid" while FDR called his predecessor a "fat, timid capon". US election results: Five bumpy White House transitions - BBC News 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z A Family Market Place also offers free-range brown eggs, chicken and capon, as well as Berkshire hogs raised outside, without confinement, Thomas said. Waterloo farmer forms food network 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z There were blancmanges of lobster and capon; of pike, carp and haddock. The Archive of Eating 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Others believe it is derived from a much older Russian dish made from fattened fowl or capons fried so the butter inside didn’t melt. Fried eggs with jam? A short history of the USSR through its food 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Don’t you bunch of timid capons even care what kind of world you’re leaving to your children and grandchildren, not to even mention the rest of us? Charlie Daniels’ open letter to Congress: You’re a ‘bunch of sold-out, jaded, burned-out hacks’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The reburial of Richard's father was accompanied by three sung masses and a banquet where guests dined on capons, cygnets, herons and rabbits. Discovery reveals how to rebury a medieval king 2013-11-22T00:19:56Z Louis himself engendered little personal loyalty, or even respect; a British bishop once said that the French king was “a man fit only to cook his own capons.” Tambora Erupts in 1815 and Changes World History [Excerpt] 2013-03-01T18:45:00.280Z With the prized mushrooms being used to stuff Christmas turkeys, chickens or capons, Mr. Manzanares said, Dec. 24 is typically the biggest truffle night of the year in France. Is Climate Change Shrinking the Luxury Truffle Crop? 2012-12-20T20:06:05Z Sixty-nine dignitaries enjoyed a lavish spread featuring 12 courses, including eggs stuffed with foie gras, turtle soup and Sussex capon. Two Titanic menus fetch £100,000 2012-11-25T11:08:31Z Body Language and the Cease-FireTop 10 Things You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving In honor of the pardoned turkey, our host made capon. Egypt's Morsy Grants Himself Sweeping New Powers 2012-11-22T21:20:24Z Twelve lavish courses including eggs stuffed with foie gras, turtle soup and Sussex capon were enjoyed by 69 dignitaries at the event in the Grand Central Hotel in Belfast on 31 May 1911. Titanic menu set to fetch £30,000 2012-11-22T14:30:08Z She recalled her father carving a cold galantine of capon at Christmas, and her Aunt Cettina, who had a way with pasta, encouraging her to linger in the kitchen. Anna Teresa Callen, Italian Cooking Teacher, Dies at 86 2012-06-09T23:30:33Z To the high and mighty they present wine, or a capon, or money discreetly jingling in the depths of a silken purse. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Dame Julien has not gone to bed--but, I forgot, there is a glutton mass to-morrow, and, as the reeve's wife, she must be cooking capons, truly. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Shrove-tide accordingly is mounted on a fat ox, and his sword is sheathed in a pig and piece of meat, with capons and bottles of wine about his body. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z A sort of fricassee with white sauce, variously made of capon, fish, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The large breed, though less prolific, is preferable in rearing chickens for the market, or for making capons. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z I feel as if I could eat a whole capon to myself, not to speak of the other toothsome things! Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z Many a pannier was overturned; and chickens, capons, huge lumps of meat, and leathern bottles of wine, mead, and ale, rolled upon the pavement. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Meanwhile young Bareshanks had laid a clean cloth upon the moss, and there was pot-pie and roast capon, and a dish of apples and gingerbread. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The tables groan beneath their burdens; and among their goodly fare may be found, as the old Christmas carol expresses it — “Plum-pudding, goose, capon, minced pies, and roast beef.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z A chicken, for example, breaks up such substances as are received into its stomach less readily than the capon; while a goose performs the same operation sooner than either. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z At one end was a roast capon, cooked to perfection, at the other a ham, of so delicate a colour and flavour that it must surely have belonged to a fairy pig! Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z Now, look at that capon; a fatter one never carried its long legs about a stack of corn, and yet it cost but six liards. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z "Come now; come now," he said; "stop that bawling, or I'll put your head between your knees and truss you up like a basted capon!" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z "I trust the drive has whetted your appetite, Warburton, for honest Chadber will be monstrous hurt an you do not justice to his capons." The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The capon may, also, by a little management be converted into an admirable nurse. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "I'll tell you that as we go," said he, with a mouth full of capon. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z They are not common in this country, and most of the fowls sold in the London markets as capons are merely young cockerels well crammed. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z At D�le the inhabitants made her a present of 'six puncheons of wine, six sheep, six calves, six dozen capons, six wild geese, and twelve horses laden with oats.' The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z As he was still fasting at eight o'clock, he sent for a boiled capon; at half-past nine he again retired to bed. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z The cockerel intended for capons should be of the largest breeds, as the Dorking, Cochin China, or the Great Malay. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Udal fetched a capon and a bottle of canary from the larder, and together we made short work of the meal. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z If capons are kept they should have a separate house, for the other fowls will not allow those even of their own family to occupy the same roosting-perch with them. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z There was killed and eaten there more than one capon whose one crime was to be plump. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I found both the Spaniard and De Briconnet cursing their luck at being on the guards, and attacking a capon which they were washing down with copious draughts of Falernian. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z If possible, it should be done before July; as capons made later never prove so fine. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Lord, what a house!—I'll take my oath that Master Butler hath a good fat capon and a bottle of claret each evening for his supper—if he have not, his face belieth him. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Verily the snipe shall figure the Paters, and a fat capon the Credo.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Thou hast a knave within thy house—Hodge, a servant of thine; They tell me that busy knave is such a filching one, That hen, pig, goose or capon, thy neighbour can have none. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z "Alizon owes 3 sols, 6 deniers and one third of a capon." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Otherwise, they may be treated in the same manner as the capons. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Fortunately we were with "goodly capon lined"; for they had not the good manners here to give us a ration before sending us on duty. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z By power of sorcery have you penetrated into this laboratory of Nature, yet now your lips are closed like capon stuffed with bread-crumbs!” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Your highness is as full of scruples as a baked capon of buckwheat grits. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z "The heirs of Jean Dree owe 8 sols and the half of a capon." Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Once I in my budget snug had got A barn-door capon, and what not, Here’s pots to mend! A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z An incubator in which eaglets are transformed into capons. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z The eighth said, "Beef, mutton, and pork are dear, I therefore take pigs, chickens, conies, and capons, being of a lesser price." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The prince is a capon, the prince is a capon. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z I fed her upon the flesh of capons, nourished with vipers; caused her to steep her lovely limbs in baths distilled from roses and violets; and had recourse to the most potent cosmetics. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z So my men'll be feasting on capon and port whilst your planters are starving, with nothing in the larder save tobacco and cane. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Heart and soul are left to shift for themselves, and the guaranty of right and righteous living is “A fair round belly with good capon lined.” A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Presto: The youth repents and enters the church, is made Bishop and proceeds through an endless course of fat capon and Château Margaux to an edifying end! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Fancy such a capon as this holding office at the court of James the Fifth! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Then those hams and capons—how many politicians can compare for interest with a tender capon or a fine old country ham? Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z They had dined on the last remaining capons and drawn up the terms of surrender, to be sent ashore by longboat. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Weak and wrong heads are the hardest to change; and their inward man acquires a scanty covering; thus capons never moult. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z "I took him up a bowl of sack and half a cold capon, but what he wanted most was a large wash-tub and plenty of water . . . it seems he needed a bath!" Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z But he could not—he had no relish for it—he knew that nobody could "fatten capons so;" and therefore he determined to have something more substantial. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z A capon is almost always fat, larger than an ordinary chicken, and has a more delicate and tender flesh. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Cups of horn, and silver flagons were speedily, produced, and in a short time their absent compeers were almost forgotten in the general destruction of cold capons, tongue and ham. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z Sir Hilary promptly ordered a roasted capon, a fricasseed hare, a wild duck, a salad, and a flask of Burgundy, the two gentlemen having chosen a table at a window. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z The family consumed about two cows a week in beef; besides hares, pheasants, bams, and capons at will. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z A Franc-Taupin had an ash-tree bow, All eaten with worms, and all knotted its cord; His arrow was made out of paper, and plumed, And tipped at the end with a capon's spur. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z When cooked, take the capon off, place it on a dish, and set it in a warm place; then boil the sauce till it is rather thick, when strain it on the capon, and serve. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Tell him I will see him the moment I am disengaged, and then bring me hither my capon and tankard. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Few capons, save what have more fins than feathers, are bred in Yarmouth. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources The Bucks county fowls, heretofore principally reared near Philadelphia, possess but moderate pretensions to notice, except in their immense size, a brace of capons having been fattened to 19¼ lbs. when dressed. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. A Franc-Taupin had an ash-tree bow, All eaten with worms, and all knotted its cord; His arrow was made out of paper, and plumed, And tipped at the end with a capon's spur. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z The arctic or snow owl is a bird that gives as fine a flavored flesh, and the same in color and appearance as a fat capon. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. When converted into capons, they cease to crow; but in this state they become sooner fat. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Parker had several hundred fowls, and had by trial discovered the truth of the statement that capons make far better mothers than do hens, especially for very young chicks. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Same as country capon, or country captian, but mix few tablespoons of mango chutney, or any other chutneys, but not hot. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style A Franc-Taupin had an ash-tree bow, All eaten with worms, and all knotted its cord; His arrow was made out of paper, and plumed, And tipped at the end with a capon's spur. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z There be divers ways of dressing a capon, Mr. Denis," said he, "of which the goodwife hath a particular knowledge, as also of the sauces to be served therewith. Idonia: A Romance of Old London While they were putting wine in his Highness's cellar, two cooks who were going into the town passed by; one had a couple of capons stuffed away in his belt. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The entertainment proceeded after this fashion: there were four courses in the following order, a hash of mutton, soup, meat, fowls, boiled pike, a roast, pigeons, capons, geese, rice porridge, salted liver, cheese, and fruit. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. If I turned it into a spit, I could not even provide a capon to roast upon it. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec A glorious capon for dinner, stuffed with oysters,—veritable oysters. Tony Butler "As a compliment to the fair lady the Se�orita Concha, say to my uncle the capon, Fran�ois!" said the lover. The Firebrand The repast consisted of six courses; the first was soup with a capon in it. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster These may be composed of beef, veal, mutton, lamb, venison, turkey, duck, goose, or capon, accompanied by one or two vegetables. Civic League Cook Book The cookery did credit to the handicraft of Madame Celeste, especially the salmon steaks done in parsley sauce, and the roast capon stuffed with butter, mint, and bread-crumbs. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Pluto dined on capon and other dainties, and was a model in regard to table manners. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday For lance he had a long spit, run through a number of roast capons. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades The Jersey Black Giant is a more recent addition to the popular heavy breeds, especially for the capon trade. A Living from the Land Onward, elate, hilarious, and benignant, until, just as I stopped by a poulterer's shop, to admire the finest capon that ever London or Christmas saw, a hand was laid on my shoulder! Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 "Your will's my pleasure, sir," said she, and retired, leaving the capon and the wine. International Short Stories English Now the priest being persuaded by the maid, really made his appearance at the Council bearing in a dish well covered with a napkin four of the finest roasted capons ever seen. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series You may exercise your jaws also upon a brace of superb capons that our farmer brought us yesterday. The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades There, now, is our little bill of fare,—a white soup, a devilled mackerel, some truffles, with butter, and a capon with stewed mushrooms. That Boy Of Norcott's They give him sometimes strong soups and capon broths, in which amber and other nourishing things are dissolved, that he may not wholly lose his strength and fall into decrepitude. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 She spread a table deftly, and uncovered a roast capon, and uncorked a bottle of white port, talking all the time. International Short Stories English How is the capon? good, I'm glad of it. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The "fair round belly with good capon lined," of the worthy justice would exceedingly well become that situation; for the national organ of music which the magistracy wish to cultivate appears to be a barrel-organ. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Davis had now covered his friend's plate with ham and capon, and, at last, was pleased to see him begin his breakfast. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day A Venetian contemporary tells us, that, before rising in the morning, potted capon was usually served to him, dressed with sugar, milk, and spices. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 "No day passes but they have not only beef, mutton, veal, lamb, kid, pork, coney, capon, pig, or so many of them as the season yields, but also fish in variety, venison, wildfowl, and sweets." Women of England "The capon," sighed the other; "Yes, the capon, now." Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Cut the skin of a capon down the breast, carefully slip the knife down so as to take out all the meat, and mix it with a pound of beef suet cut small. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode One of the Queen's insolent purveyors, to insult the mayor, seized twelve capons out of twenty-four destined for the mayor's table. Old and New London Volume I “Let your wits find then three capons on this plate.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Geese, capons, pheasants, carps’ tongues, frumenty, and mince, or “shred” pies, made up the balance of the feast. Threads of Grey and Gold And so it was; before the host re-entered, the second Captain had filled his glass twice, and was anxiously sitting in expectation of the capon. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Put the capon into a cloth, and boil it an hour and a quarter. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode He saw roast capons, obtained from Heaven knows where; rich odoriferous olla podrida, and various kinds of game. A Castle in Spain A Novel Come, it is impolite to keep the capons waiting. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Rent proved to be a diverse term covering tobacco, capons, merchantable Indian corn and such. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 How sweet is the picking Of capon or chicken! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Stew a dozen oysters in good gravy thickened with a piece of butter rolled in flour; take the capon out of the cloth, lay it in its dish, and pour the sauce over it. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode The capons begged in the streets and the cabarets. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 Here were gathered all the tenants, bearing wheat, eggs, and live capons to pay for their long narrow farms, at a rate ranging from four to sixteen francs. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France And then the Justice In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare He carried a large poke in which he put the larded capons and the round loaves that the cook sold to him. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Make a stuffing with the liver of the capon, a dozen roasted chestnuts, a piece of butter, parsley, green onions, very little garlic, two yolks of eggs, salt and pepper. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode The polissons were a variety of capons, and effected their purposes through intimidation. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 In the meantime cook a cupful of rice, season it with 81a little curry powder and pimento, and place around the capon on the platter on which it is served. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them Merry Song of the All Souls Mallard," beginning— "Griffin, bustard, turkey, capon, Let other hungry mortals gape on, And on the bones their stomach fill hard; But let All Souls men have their mallard. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel How the capon was “invented” is told in a note on the subject. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Stuff the capon, and then roast it, covering it with buttered paper. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode The capon is a coward, shunning the contest for supremacy. The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women —Prepare and truss a capon as for roasting, rub all over with butter and place in a casserole with a good sized slice of salt pork. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them Turkeys, capons, pullets with eggs, fowls, chickens, tame rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, all sorts of wild-fowl, which begin to decline in this month. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. The bones must be removed from the capon in this case. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The banquet for to-morrow was prepared, the ox roasted whole, the pigs and the capons stuffed. A Bride of the Plains Game, pheasants, partridges, hares, rabbits, woodcocks, snipes, turkeys, capons, pullets, fowls, chickens, tame pigeons.—Fish. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families A fowl 40 A fine five-toed fowl or a capon, about an hour. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Hares, leverets, partridges, quails, young turkeys, geese, ducks, capons, pullets, fowls, chickens, pigeons, wild and tame rabbits, wild ducks, widgeon, teal, plover, larks, and pippets. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. This set the shrewd surgeon to thinking; he transformed a rooster into a capon by his surgical trick. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Gives a new tang to game, roast turkey, capon or duck. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South If a capon, pullet, or chicken, boil it in good mutton broth. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families “It was a great mode, and taken up by the court party in Oliver Cromwell’s time, to roast half capons, pretending they had a more exquisite taste and nutriment than when dressed whole.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual There was milk for the bairns, and capons, and eggs. Tales From Scottish Ballads Of course the capon, being neither hen nor rooster, was perfectly safe to eat, for he was within the law. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome Roast chickens or capons in exactly the same way. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South When a turkey, capon, or fowl was to be dressed, it was laid down to the fire, at a proper distance, till it became thoroughly hot. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Dry salmon from the Danube, sturgeon, Venetian and Turkish caviare, pikes and pickerel a cubit long, flounders, and capon carp, and noble carp! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Bread and content’s a finer dinner any day than fat capon with grumble-sauce. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Incapable of a new idea, and contented with his lot, he was disposed to obey even to the lowest functionary, and to offer him capons, hams, and Chinese fruits at all seasons. An Eagle Flight A Filipino Novel Adapted from Noli Me Tangere A capon or goose, or a sucking pig, are the only big dishes, and not always to be had. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak A good capon has a thick belly and a large rump: there is a particular fat at his breast, and the comb is very pale. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The trace of his sea-sickness had left him; he swore to tear Culpepper's throat apart as if it had been capon flesh. Privy Seal His Last Venture I have seen a man keel-hauled at sea, and brought up on the other side, his face all larded with barnacles like a Shrove-tide capon. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Pigs were killed, sheep cut up, capons larded, pigeons plucked, and turkeys spitted; it was a universal massacre. Laboulaye's Fairy Book No more, in my opinion, than if I should seek to purchase hares or boar's flesh or fatted capons. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura On the way the servant ate half the cake and half of the biscuits and hid the capon away for his supper. Europa's Fairy Book If Scottish men tax our language as improper, and smile at our wing of a rabbit, let us laugh at their shoulder of a capon. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. My good housekeeper, without my having given any orders, had provided a young capon for my dinner. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. In good roast beef my landlord sticks his knife, The capon fat delights his dainty wife. A Poetical Cook-Book At last Jack, with his capon's wing in both hands before him, stopped eating to cry, 'Enough, I say!' Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations And when the servant had brought back this message to the King, he cried out, "You have eaten half the cake and fifteen of the biscuits and didn't hand over the capon at all." Europa's Fairy Book Brawn, bacon and pease, beef and boiled chickens, roast goose, capon, and custade. Early English Meals and Manners The carver set to and attacked with long sharp knife the gigantic capons which one of the bearers had placed before him. "Unto Caesar" Some bring a capon, some Derby cake, Some nuts, some apples, some that think they make The better cheesecakes, bring them. A Poetical Cook-Book Then to suppress the dew and bad air, he breakfasted on fair fried tripe, fair grilled meats, fair hams, fair hashed capon, and store of sipped brewis. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I S. Set that capon upon the table, and those chickens, those rabbits, and that hen, that goose; those woodcock, those snipes, those larks, those quails, those partridges, those pheasants and that pasty of venison. Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 How to sauce and carve a Roast capon: lay him out as if ready to fly. Early English Meals and Manners Its feeding trough was made of gold, and capons and pea-hens were specially fattened for its delectation. "Unto Caesar" Then come, boys, and welcome, for diet the chief,— Plum pudding, goose, capon, minced pies, and roast beef. A Poetical Cook-Book They are to hold the fat capons and eggs and meal he levies on silly clowns with whom coin is scarce. Romola To prepare the digestion for your capon, I have made a vegetable soup with a slice of fat bacon and a big beef bone. The Gods are Athirst During the repast the girl scarcely spoke; the capon she hardly touched; the claret she merely sipped. Under the Rose When the girl saw that the prince was asleep, she said to her brother: "I will wager that you do not know why the prince divided the capon among us in the manner he did." Italian Popular Tales Meantime goes the caterer to fetch in the chief,— Plum pudding, goose, capon, minced pies, and roast beef. A Poetical Cook-Book There were also roast capons, a heron, and chickens dressed in various ways. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The citoyen Brotteaux, being invited to eat his share of the capon at the midday dinner, appeared in due course and congratulated his hostess on the rich aroma of cooking that assailed his nostrils. The Gods are Athirst He, and Francis' queen—a passive spectator at the feast—and a bishop, whose interest lay in a truffled capon, alone followed not the direction of the duke's eyes. Under the Rose The servant, although a trusty one, was overcome by his gluttony and ate fifteen of the patties, and a good slice of the cake, and the capon. Italian Popular Tales Pudding our parson eats, the squire loves hare, But whipped cream is my Buxoma’s fare, While she loves whipped cream, capon ne’er shall be, Nor hare, nor beef, nor pudding, food for me. A Poetical Cook-Book Our forefathers appear to have used joints of meat much less frequently than the smaller creatures, whether flesh or fowl, hares, rabbits, chickens, capons, etcetera. Mistress Margery Know that capons or chickens be arrayed after one sauce; the chickens shall be sauced with green sauce or veriuyce. The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery A dressed capon and some uncooked meat found in the larder—it was on a Friday that the incursion was made—graced the triumph of the captors. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Rogue! you have eaten the capon, fifteen patties, and a good slice of the cake. Italian Popular Tales The Prince sent us a capon stewed à-la-mauresque with saffron, the exquisite flavour of which proved that he had an excellent cook with him. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa “All yon country is full filled of Saracens and heathens, who think no more of shedding Christian blood than of cooking a capon.” Mistress Margery THE Fox will skulk in ferny brake, Yet loves the haunts of men; And prowls around the farm, to pounce On capon, goose, or hen. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well dressed; Cheese, apples, and nuts, jolly carols to hear, As then in the country is counted good cheer. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Now poor men to the justices With capons make their errands; And if they hap to fail of these, They plague them with their warrants. Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock) He talked of peppering his people as I would talk of peppering a capon. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The subject covers all branches, including chickens, broilers, capons, turkeys and waterfowl; how to feed under various conditions and for different purposes. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden That is to say, it was the introduction to a sumptuous dinner, composed of flesh and fish of every description, in which there was no lack of turkeys and capons. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Now poor men to the justices With capons make their errants; And if they hap to fail of these; They plague them with their warrants; But now they feed them with good cheer. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Hence is it that we seldom hear him swear; And therefore like a Pharisee, he vaunts: But he devours more capons in a year Than would suffice a hundred protestants. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) The whole subject of capons and caponizing is treated in detail. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden I’ll warrant that the enjoyment of a good roast capon and ale of thy mother’s own brewing will be none the less for the sea fare upon which thou hast lived of late.” The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer So he falls on; pig, goose, and capon, feel The goodness of his stomach and Batt's steel. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Bring us in no capon's flesh, for that is often dear, Nor bring us in no duck's flesh, for they slobber in the mere; But bring us in good ale. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Beef, mutton, pork, and shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, capon, and turkey well drest; Apples and nuts to throw about the hall, That boys and girls may scramble for them all. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Now, here are the remains of a cold capon, some bread, and wine. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Camacho's wedding will do for the peasantry; roasted oxen, and a capon in every platter, with some fountains of ale and good Porto. Tancred Or, The New Crusade "That is all so sooth, Stephen, All so sooth, I wis, As this capon crow shall, That lyeth here in my dish." A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide They also keep capons, fruit and other things, and for all these matters there is a book which they call the Bucolics. Ideal Commonwealths They have poultry in quantities, especially capons, sheep with negro faces like the Persian, dwarf milch-goats of sturdy build, dark and dingy pigs, and cattle whose peculiarity it is to be either black or piebald. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative "Do not forget to get a cold capon or two, some good wine, and a supply of white bread, while you are waiting in the town." Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS Beggars take up their posts in Lincoln's Inn Fields and other places by seven, that they may be able to praise God in capon and March beer at night. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour And each of them will something bring, Goose or pig, or capon's wing, Pasties of pigeons, or some such thing. Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc The mead is the blood of Christ, the honey-cake and the capon are His body, which for our salvation was baked and pierced at the Cross. The Evolution of Love I had scarce finished picking the bones of the capon before sleep came again to drag at my eyelids, a drowsiness so masterful that I could make no head against it. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady It stands in the hall, the mahogany tree; And very nice fruit it will bear, you'll agree; The turkeys and capons, the puddings and pies, On Christmas day feed something more than the eyes. The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The earl did full justice to the fare, which consisted of a stuffed carp, fresh from the well-stocked ponds of the Chace, a boar's head, and larded capon, the two latter dishes being cold. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars When the girl saw that the prince was asleep, she said to her brother: “I will wager that you do not know why the prince divided the capon among us in the manner he did.” Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers "Do you mean to pretend that a little donkey like you must be kept on breasts of chickens, and capons in jelly?" asked his master, getting more and more angry, and whipping him again. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet So you have him crimped here in his own house, stuffing him like a penned capon before you wring his neck. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The rent amounted to about one cent an acre, and some twenty cents or a live capon for each of the two or three arpents of frontage which a farm would have. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 He would as willingly sit and baste a capon on the spit as ramble abroad in the streets, if she would but answer his host of inquiries about London, its ways and its sights. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Various amusements made the afternoon pass very agreeably to the stranger, until supper-time, when a fine capon was placed upon the table, which the master desired his guest to carve for the company. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers I hope they do, for they weigh more, on a "weight for age" scale, and I do not think they are "air crammed," for "you cannot fatten capons so." The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm When he was eating a cold capon in cold weather, the physician told him that that was not meat for the weather. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Thus for a farm of 100 acres, with two arpents of frontage, a habitant might pay $1.00 in cash and two capons. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 This done, I went on with my supper—it was an excellent cold capon—and all the time the flute up-stairs kept toot-tootling without stopping, except to change the tune. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches Friend, I thought thy carving at dinner somewhat peculiar, but thy distribution of the capon this evening seems to me extremely whimsical. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers But Paul was still resolved that he would be the messenger to carry to the Priory that day the two fat capons the worthy mistress had in readiness for the prior's table. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young The latter ate nothing, which grieved Portlaw beyond measure, for the salad was ambrosial and the capon was truly Louis XI. The Firing Line If each of 400 such tenants paid for their frontage in capons, 800 of these fowls would he brought to the seigneur's barn-yard each autumn! A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 His close-fitting waistcoat of milk white satin had golden buttons and a curve which was not the only sign he bore of rich wine and good capon. In the Days of Poor Richard Give me leave to ask, do the citizens of Jerusalem usually carve their capons in this fashion?” Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers And because of the number of fowls they established a poultry-yard on an islet, where they kept two or three thousand capons. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century He wore red hose and sandal shoon, and carried in his girdle a Wallet, to contain a roast capon, a neat's tongue, or any other dainty given him. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest In many of the sleighs, hastening with the merry sound of bells over the wintry roads to the manor house, there would be one or two captive capons or a bag or two of grain. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 And then, the justice; In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Fall of wise saws and modern instances, And so he plays his part. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Return The droll incident of dividing the capon, besides being found in Sacchetti, forms part of a popular story current in Sicily, and is thus related in Professor Crane’s Italian Popular Tales, p. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Turkeys, capons, sirloins, asparagus, pheasants, pine-apples, Savoy cakes, Chantilly baskets, mince pies, preserved ginger, brandy cherries, a thousand luscious cakes that “the sense aches at!” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Here, Roger, Harry, bring another platter and napkin, and let us have more broiled trout and a cold capon, a pasty, or whatever you can find in the larder. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest There were seven sorts of soup, then patties of capon, and the ham of the wild boar; then partridge, pheasant, peacock, bittern, heron, bustard, gosling, woodcock and swan. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees We had a delicious soup, something like mutton-cutlets, land-turtle steaks, and capon, all perfectly cooked; vegetables and fruit in profusion, and the wine was as good as any I had tasted in France or Spain. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The upper chamber in the Wallingford town hall was formerly a kitchen, with a huge fire-place, where mighty joints and fat capons were roasted for the banquet. Vanishing England I found the host and directed him to prepare a dozen partridges in a pie, a haunch of venison, a few links of German sausage, and a capon. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall On the present occasion, there were carbonadoes of fish and fowl, a cold chine, a huge pasty, a capon, neat's tongues, sausages, botargos, and other matters as provocative of thirst as sufficing to the appetite. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Eventually she purchased a capon for the Sunday dinner, paid for it, and bade Mr. Druitt good-by. The Devil's Garden He drinks his wine, he feeds on beeves and capons; His table groans beneath a load of meats; His hounds, his hawks, are fed like Christian men! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Oranges stuck with cloves, or a fat capon, were some of the usual forms of New Year's gifts. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs The hot dishes may be a boned capon, vol-au-vent of sweetbread and mushrooms, creamed oysters, chicken à la King, or chicken croquettes; or there may be cold cuts, or celery salad, in tomato aspic. Etiquette Price at which hens, chickens, and capons shall be bought and sold. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century At two huge fireplaces savoury soups bubbled, juicy rabbits simmered, fat capons roasted; the smell brought the tears to my eyes. Helmet of Navarre Desiree had stopped him there to make him feel a capon which she had been fattening for some weeks past. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Again, in another place, where one says, 'Why are we afraid to cut up this capon?' he changes 'capon' into 'hare'; yet makes no alteration in what follows, 'Do you prefer wing or leg?' Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. On no account let her attempt clear green turtle, which has about as good a chance to be perfect as a supreme of boned capon—in other words, none whatsoever! Etiquette In the case of a capon or large fowl, slices may be cut off at the breast, the same as carving a pheasant. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home These Russian and Chinese Astors were almost invariably possessed of fair, round belly, with good capon lined. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The first was wild game for the delicate,—bantam larks, curlews, quails, and flying weazels; with a slight sprinkling of pilaus,—capons, pullets, plovers, and garnished with petrels' eggs. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II And then, the justice, In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd; With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances, And so he plays his part. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant An entrée of about four broiled mushrooms on a small round of toast should be followed by boned capon or saddle of mutton or spring lamb. Etiquette Formerly it was a case of eating old hen—rooster, age unknown, or broilers—now we have capon, roaster, crate-fattened chickens and green ducks, all rivals for the place formerly occupied exclusively by the broiler. The Dollar Hen We are not prone to associate prolonged and productive mental effort with a fair round belly with fat capon lined. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Calandrino, accordingly, gives them capons and money for medicines, and is cured without being delivered. The Decameron, Volume II No," said the admiral, "but I mean them to be pet capons, by and by, when they come to table. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer The ordinars of some we have already mentioned; for a capon they wil get whiles 20 sous, whiles but 14 or 12. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 During the winter months capon is regularly quoted in the markets of the larger eastern cities. The Dollar Hen The best pig or goose could be bought for 4d.; a good capon for 3d.; a chicken for 1d.; a hen for 2d. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Calandrino, accordingly, gives them capons and money for medicines, and is cured without being delivered. The Decameron, Volume II A. Because a capon loses not his moisture by treading of the hens. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy He thrust in his hand, and with great difficulty extricated a great fat capon. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) Massachusetts and New Jersey are the great centers for the growing of capons, while Boston, New York, and Philadelphia are the great markets. The Dollar Hen Four plates of soup to begin with, a whole capon with ham, followed by a melon, mutton, salad, garlic, pâté de foie gras, fruit, and confitures. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Bruno bought the capons and all else that was needed to furnish forth the feast, with which he and his comrades and the doctor regaled them. The Decameron, Volume II Innumerable varieties of parrots, all belonging to the same species, chatter in this forest; some of them are as large as capons, while others are no bigger than a sparrow. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera In the same way he secured the wing of a boiled capon, larded with preserved lemons, the sauce of which was exquisite, as he well knew, from experience. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The capon fattens more readily and economically than other birds. The Dollar Hen I hope he chose a good fat hen, and not one of your tough old capons that sometimes come to table. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays It was a good dinner: fat roast capon stuffed with spiced carrots; asparagus, biscuit, barley-cakes, and honey; and to end with, a flaky pie, and Spanish cordial sprinkled with burnt sugar. Master Skylark Then a troop of servants entered bearing smoking joints, cold boars' heads, fish, turkeys, geese, and larded capons. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War They did not sober us; quite the contrary; we fell to doing what Manzoni's capons did. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Brahmas will produce, with proper care and sufficient time, the largest and finest capons. The Dollar Hen Not that, however, of the medieval fee for admission to the corporation consisting of two greyhounds, two white capons, and a white bull! Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Which brings us good cheer; Mince-pies and plum-pudding— Strong ale and strong beer; With pig, goose, and capon, The best that may be: So well doth the weather And our stomachs agree. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 A venison pasty and a chine of beef are good every where; and so are crammed capons and fat chickens. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 My daughter, sir," exclaimed the squire; "as good a girl as ever lived to make a cheese, brew good beer, preserve all sorts of wines, and cook a capon with a chaudron! A Cotswold Village On the ordinary farm, where capons would be allowed to run loose, Plymouth Rocks would prove more profitable. The Dollar Hen The same subtle influence pervaded the Chartreuse a la cardinal, the roast capon and salad, and the sweet. The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes A pair of cold capons, a mortress of brawn, or what you will, with a flask or two of the right Gascony. The White Company "By my troth I had thought to carve you like a capon ere now." Robin Hood Please to step in; we be just a-settin' down to supper--a cold capon and a venison pasty. A Cotswold Village Some growers advise looking over the capons and puncturing the wind puffs that gather beneath the skin. The Dollar Hen His sunburnt face and gray hair were present to the citizen's mind for a moment; but by the time he reached three hundred and eighty-one fat capons, he had quite forgotten him. Master Humphrey's Clock The capon burns, and the pig falls from the spit, and the meat will be all cold if you do not come home.' Tales from Shakespeare His capons came from Paris, his salmon from Christchurch, and his Strasburg pies were made to order. Tracks of a Rolling Stone He was a pedant, but his pedantry was disguised, therefore mitigated by his having associated with men of the world instead of with the pale and pompous capons of the student's closet. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The capon begins to eat almost immediately after the operation is performed, and no one would suppose that a radical change had taken place in his nature. The Dollar Hen That was something I fled from like the Devil, because I was always more for eating cabbage and garlic without working than for working to eat capons and hens. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself And they were served splendidly with chickens and capons, pheasant, rice and couscous, and many other dishes and very fine wines. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc It was a wonderfully delicate piece of carving, and in a moment, through one of the rents of his gown, you espied a fat capon hung round the monk's waist. The American So cut off from all the common sights of everyday life was the miserable boy that it was said 'that he could not discern a goose from a capon.' Yorkshire The feeding of capons differs little from the feeding of other growing chickens. The Dollar Hen If one of them tried to open his mouth, it was immediately filled with flour and stuffed like a capon at a poultry farm. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself The duke answered angrily: "I can give him chickens, capons, partridge and pheasant." The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc As the capon grows to maturity, it develops more of the qualities of the hen. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish "Small housekeeping enough," said Phoebe; "a cold capon and some comfits, and the great standing venison pasty, with plenty of spice—a manchet or two besides, and that is all." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Do not cut the head off, for this is also a distinguishing feature of the capon, on account of the undeveloped comb and wattles. The Dollar Hen The young fellow answered that he had asked the innkeeper for some partridges, capons or hens, and that he had told him he didn't have anything else to offer. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself This kept them fasting for another half-hour, and we could hear their oaths and complaints through the partition while we were devouring their capon and venison pie. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 In the market, a dressed capon can usually be told by the long tail and wing feathers that are left on, as well as by a ring of feathers around the neck. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish I pray you, hostess," he continued, "remember that Doll Tearsheet sups with me to-night; have a capon of the best, and be not sparing of the wine. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages The price received for capons is greater than any other kind of poultry meat except early broilers. The Dollar Hen For there must be bought beef, veal and mutton, And that even such as is good and fat, With pig, geese, conies, and capon; How sayest thou, Blanche? blab it out unto that? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 And they brought wine, and capons ready dressed, and confectionery, and I helped to serve a collation for them in the garden. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger When the hour for dinner approached, rude tables were laid on trestles, and forthwith groaned beneath the weight of joints of meat and fat capons which the Saxon loved dearly. English Villages "Jack, how agrees the devil and thee about thy soul, that thou soldest him for a cup of Madeira and a cold capon's leg?" The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages There may be trouble in some localities in getting dealers to recognize capons as such and pay an advanced price. The Dollar Hen Its plumage is a whitish grey; and it is about the size of a capon. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing As for capons ye can get none, The king's taker took up each one; I wot well there is none to get. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The ordinary lives of the farmers were diversified by the visits to the weekly markets held in the neighbouring town, where they took their fat capons, eggs, butter, and cheese. English Villages Prosper skewered one of them like a capon, against his own will, for he knew what must happen of that. The Forest Lovers On several farms in Massachusetts, 500 to 1,000 capons are raised annually, and on one farm 5,000 cockerels are held for caponizing. The Dollar Hen What nearness to Art in his plumpy boy stuck with arrows like a skewered capon? Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett I care not, so God me save, So that it be wholesome to eat: I would we had a good stewed capon. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The capon will take to a clutch of chickens, attend them in their search for food, and brood them under his wings when they are tired.' Hormones and Heredity A capon always develops more uniformly and is larger than the cockerel. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The grower of roasters and capons will probably want to market his own product. The Dollar Hen "Where are the capons," she said, "that were in the court this morning?" The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Our prior loves exceedingly the white of a capon. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Spur 1 inch long, stouter and less pointed than in the capon. Hormones and Heredity "Recollect, man, thou canst neither carve a capon nor tie a point—a goodly sewer or valet of the mouth!" The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day So-called meat breeds, that is, the big feather legged Asiatics save on a few capon and roaster plants in New England, are really useless. The Dollar Hen Fearful of discovery, they took the half-roasted capons from the fire, and hid them under a bed. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others In that, said Gymnast, he doth not resemble the foxes; for of the capons, hens, and pullets which they carry away they never eat the white. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 France, capons, as such birds are called, being fatter and more tender for the table than entire birds. Hormones and Heredity "What is a capon?" he was asked by one of his sisters one day. Married Much the larger part of the industry is confined to that portion of the United States east of Philadelphia, though increasing numbers of capons are being raised in the North Central States. The Dollar Hen We read an amusing account of two of her maidens, who took the opportunity of their mistress's absence at church to kill two fine capons, which they resolved to dress privately for their own eating. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others The kidneys—I mean the capons—are quite ready now. Captain January It is stated that the capon will rear chickens, though he does not incubate, and that they are used in this way in France. Hormones and Heredity And going to the larder, he drew out a fine capon. Chicot the Jester In many eastern markets the prices paid for dressed capons range from 20 to 30 cents a pound. The Dollar Hen In man, by instinct or experience, The capons have so little confidence, That this was not without much trouble caught, Though for a splendid supper sought. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes "I have a cold capon in the house," the landlord said. A March on London The capons were cut-purses, who hardly ever left the towns, and who laid hands on everything within their reach. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period "A capon!" cried Chicot, with an air of consternation. Chicot the Jester Corn meal and ground oats, equal parts by weight, moistened with water or milk, make a good mash for fattening capons. The Dollar Hen A capon, citizen of Mans, Was summon'd from a throng To answer to the village squire, Before tribunal call'd the fire. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes To tell you the truth," said the other, "I believe neither in black nor blue, but in a good capon, whether it be roast or boiled. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 The utmost reach of her providence is the fatness of a capon, and her greatest envy is the next gentlewoman's better gown. Character Writings of the 17th Century I then eat a wing and the whole body of a large fat capon, and a veal sweetbread, concluding with a competent quantity of custard, and some roasted chestnuts. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) These feathers serve to distinguish capons from other fowls in the market. The Dollar Hen If you had seen upon the spit As many of the falcons roast As I have of the capon host, You would, not thus reproach my wit.' Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Come, you must learn more manners: as to stand at your brother's back, to shift a trencher neatly, and take a cup of sack and a capon's leg contentedly. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Alas! however, for dreams of ruddy welcome—rubicund host, and capon turning on the spit. October Vagabonds Whilst I was talking to these angelic creatures, their beloved lord was quietly stuffing capons, without hearing our polite discourse. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. Those wishing to try the growing of capons will do well to secure an experienced operator. The Dollar Hen What pig, or goose, or capon, have you kill'd Within your kitchen new? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 No, in sooth; I'll try the sharpness of my tooth; Instead of poison, I will eat Rabbits, capons, and such meat; And so, as Pythagoras says, With wholesome fare prolong my days. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 When he is made a capon, he loses his spurs and comb and distinctive plumage, and in addition becomes retiring and submissive, in short, a pseudo-hen in his instincts as well as in appearance. The Glands Regulating Personality The hobara is of the bigness of a capon, it feeds upon the little grubs or insects, and frequents the confines of the Desert. Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. Early in the season small springs are quoted as broilers, while capons form a separate item where such are grown. The Dollar Hen There is scarcely to be found a more delicious animal than a well-fed, well-dressed capon. The Book of Household Management What, never a basket of capons? mass, and if he comes, he'll commit you all. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lin'd, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The Century Vocabulary Builder My lord, 'twas found by the man Jenkyn snoring within the green, together with a mule—a sorry beast! a capon partly devoured, a pasty— well spiced! and a wine-skin—empty, alas! Beltane the Smith And then the Justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined,-- With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 If trussed like a capon, the legs are placed more apart. The Book of Household Management I cannot endure the smoking of guns, the thundering of drums: I had rather hear the merry hacking of pot-herbs, and see the reeking of a hot capon. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 What is the meaning of those chickens, capons, and roast pigs, thrown into the lake? The Social Cancer Nothing would be used but the quintessence of oxen and pigs, the elixir of partridges and capons, and all that is swallowed could be digested. The Queen Pedauque At the house door he turn'd—- "Sirs, there is cold roasted capons, an' a ham, an' radishes in choice profusion for such as be not troubled wi' the wind: an' cordial wines—alack the day!" The Splendid Spur As regards capons, however, the rule respecting age does not hold good. The Book of Household Management Mendacio, hang this superiority; crown me no crown, but Bacchus's crown of roses; give me no sceptre but a fat capon's leg, to show that I am the great king of Hungary! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 At his elbow, on an oaken stand, stood the remains of a roasted capon, on which his reverence had made his evening meal, flanked by a goodly stoup of Bordeaux of excellent flavour. The Monastery The second course was of turtle, mutton, beef, turkey, goose, ducks, chicken, capons, ham, tongue, and crab patties. Here, There and Everywhere Near the poultry market in Paris, a great pot was always hanging on the fire, with capons boiling in it; you bought a boiled fowl with its broth, a savory mess. The Eve of the French Revolution The above remarks, however, concerning the capon, only apply to such as are naturally fed, and not crammed. The Book of Household Management With blind instinct, too, I had clung to the capon and the wine, the price of my infamy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel The lay brother obeyed these contradictory commands in the way he judged most seemly—he removed the carcass of the half-sacked capon, and placed two goblets beside the stoup of Bourdeaux. The Monastery I heard something, but——" "It is true that folk have told me that my capon stewed in milk, such as we had to-night—Why, lad, what is the matter with your doublet? Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch I have, said I, a lamb, six capons, a dozen of pullets, and enough to make four services of. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 In relation to capons, and about this there is some doubt, the one on the table always seeming the best. The Physiology of Taste Well, sir, the law of God says: "Thou shalt not covet!" and no doubt that I committed a grievous sin when my hungry eyes fastened upon that roast capon and that bottle of Burgundy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel There is nothing made by trying to rush nature; it takes fifteen months to grow a good capon of the large breeds. One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered He carves out his jokes, as he would a capon, or a haunch of venison, where there is cut and come again; and pours out upon them the oil of gladness. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays If he had been fed in the dark like capons, he could not have got into better condition. Expedition into Central Australia Should he ever come to Aberfilly the warmest corner by the fire, the fattest capon, and the best stoop of wine from the cellar shall be his so long as he lives. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce "What would you give, citizen Dompierre?" queried a woman in the crowd, with a ribald laugh, "one of your roast capons?" The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel But alas! nothing is complete in this world, not even the dinner of a fair round justice with fat capon lined. It Is Never Too Late to Mend The spotless home-spun cloth and the trenchers were laid for supper, a festive capon was prepared by the choicest skill of Mistress Susan, and the little shipwrecked stranger lay fast asleep in the cradle. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland They were not all trussed with self-conscious string as tight as capons. Aaron's Rod What number of capons and hens your Mastership would have me to provide I would desire to know by the next messenger. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries One of his fowls was a large capon pheasant, as fat as a pullet. The Journal to Stella He made me presents of kids, cheese, capons, fresh curds, and many sorts of fruits, until I began to be almost ashamed of so much kindness. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Let me have a capon's leg saved, now the reckoning is paid. Every Man out of His Humour I have in my pouch here, Egbert, some cakes, which I cooked this morning, and a capon which one of the monks of Croyland gave me. The Dragon and the Raven "It is true," said Gellert, well pleased; "a capon would strengthen me, and a glass of wine; but no, Conrad, we will have the coffee; we have no money to pay for such a meal." Frederick the Great and His Family In short, the lady placed her part so well that the poor gentleman forthwith took his leave, and we afterwards ate a fine capon for supper and drank such wines—and with such zest! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] In a few minutes a cold capon, several manchets of bread, and a stoop of wine were placed before Walter, while Ralph's wants were attended to below. St. George for England One and all of them expected to see some ghastly deed of blood performed there, coldly and callously as the wringing of a capon's neck. The Sea-Hawk Bring us in no capon's flesh, for that is often dear, Nor bring us in no duck's flesh, for they slobber in the mere, But bring us in good ale! Songs of the Ridings Several booths, with flags floating above them, were erected in the same place, where ale, mead, and hypocras, together with cold pasties, hams, capons, and large joints of beef and mutton, might be obtained. Windsor Castle They also keep capons, fruit, and other things, and for all these matters there is a book which they call the Bucolics. The City of the Sun "Take each other by the hand, gentlemen, and then let 's all to breakfast at my own house, where there shall be no feud save with good capon pasty and jolly good ale." To Have and to Hold Add two fat capons, two plump partridges, two pigeons, and the back and thighs of a brace of juicy hares. The Golden Dog I know the breed—the fair found belly wi' fat capon lined. The Snare "The Admiral and the chief Huguenot leaders," she said, much in the tone she might have used, were it a matter of wringing the necks of a dozen capons. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series You must be punished unless you are a capon, a franc-mitou or a rifod�; that is to say, in the slang of honest folks,—a thief, a beggar, or a vagabond. Notre-Dame De Paris Nevertheless, it looked well, and I highly approved the capon and maize cakes, the venison pasty and ale, with which the table was set. To Have and to Hold He appeared before me with the air of Tartuffe, and, forgive the phrase, en vrai capon. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself A brace of footmen, plump as capons, in gorgeous liveries, bowed powdered heads and proffered scarlet arms to assist the ladies to alight. The Snare Certainly the "belly with good capon lined" will neither understand nor feel it. Robert Falconer He keeps a large flock of tame pigeons, and some fine fat capons, one of which he gave us, with a basket of meal. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 "For stealing of a fine, fat capon, belike?" Black Bartlemy's Treasure Would Monsieur taste of this capon a la casserole, or of this truffled peacock? Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... I can buy a good capon for thirty sols, or eighteen-pence; and the same price I pay for a brace of partridges, or a good hare. Travels through France and Italy They ruled that one man should contribute capons, another calves, a third corn, a fourth fodder, and so on. Mauprat This Bassecour, or Backyard, seems to be the gentleman that has charge of fattening the capons and turkeys for their High Mightinesses? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 Reaching it down I opened it forthwith and found therein a new-baked loaf, a roast capon delicately browned and a jar of small beer. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Sir, I will thank you for a leg of that capon. Crotchet Castle Piedmont, also, affords us delicious capons, fed with maize; and this country produces excellent turkeys, but very few geese. Travels through France and Italy He made jokes about the capon which was still singing on the spit, and about the wine which was so like a brush in the throat. Mauprat Now capons and hens, besides turkeys, geese, and ducks, with beef and mutton, must all die, for in twelve days a multitude of people will not be fed with a little. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon So whiles he watched open-mouthed, I finished what remained of the capon and tossed the bones over the hedge. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Then came geese and capons, tongues and hams, the ancient glory of the Christmas pie, a gigantic plum pudding, a pyramid of mince pies, and a baron of beef bringing up the rear. Crotchet Castle Choice large capons and ducks were in steady demand, but I blushed for my profession when I read that roasting chickens were running coarse, staggy, and of irregular value. The Diary of a Goose Girl I' faith, I thank him, he hath bid me to a calve's head and a capon, the which if I do not carve most curiously, say my knife's naught. Much Ado about Nothing His farmers supplied him weekly with a sufficiency of capons, chickens, eggs, butter, and his tithe of wheat. Eugenie Grandet "As fine a capon as was ever plucked, by the Lord!" he groaned. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Excellent, i' faith; of the chameleon's dish: I eat the air, promise-crammed: you cannot feed capons so. Hamlet I' faith, I thank him; he hath bid me to a calf's-head and a capon, the which if I do not carve most curiously, say my knife's naught. Much Ado about Nothing Jack, how agrees the Devil and thee about thy soul, that thou soldest him on Good-Friday last for a cup of Madeira and a cold capon's leg? King Henry IV, Part 1 I was sent to deliver him as a present to Mistress Silvia from my master; and I came no sooner into the dining-chamber, but he steps me to her trencher and steals her capon's leg. Two Gentlemen of Verona Pickled partridges, plump capons, syrups of fruits, delicate pastry, and rare fish went to make up the diet of Charles in his last days at Yuste. The Unseen World and Other Essays Besides, there is the matter of capons for the San Francisco market. The Valley of the Moon The ladies, who had been busy up to that time on a sufficiently interesting discussion as to the preparation of capons, suddenly cut their conversation short. Taras Bulba and Other Tales I' faith, I thank him, he hath bid me to a calve's head and a capon, the which if I do not carve most curiously, say my knife's naught. Much Ado about Nothing Bibbs retained enough presence of mind to transfer the capon breast to his plate without dropping it and to respond, "Yes—he crows over it." The Turmoil, a novel We'll down with deans and prebends, too, And I rejoyce to tell ye We then shall get our fill of pig, And capons for the belly. Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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