| 单词 | comfit |
| 例句 | “I watch the sardines,” murmurs Madame, “and the termites, and the crows . . .” Etienne summons a doctor who prescribes rest, aspirin, and aromatic violet comfits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And he bought a round red lacquered comfit dish with a cover, and in this he put sesame cakes and larded sweets and he put the box on the table. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In the 15th century, comfits — a predecessor of the modern sprinkle — were made from dried fruits, nuts, seeds or spices that were lacquered with melted sugar. You don't have to be a skilled decorator to make these cute, flavorful holiday shortbread cookies 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Like many food items that are now soundly in the dessert realm — sprinkles' predecessor, comfits, are a good example — chocolate sauce was once lauded for its medicinal properties. Make a better chocolate sauce at home — and then use it for a delectable 4-ingredient mousse 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The universality of sugarplums got a second boost by the mid-19th century when factories began mass-producing once labor-intensive foods like comfits. The History That Explains Those ‘Visions of Sugarplums’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z So I arrived in the Corso and was driving along, thinking no evil, when I was suddenly assailed by a shower of sugar comfits. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z The plump little girl gravely advances and assists at the examination of the packet, popping comfits into her tiny mouth with a placid melancholy, which I have often observed in fat and rosy faces. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It was curiously incongruous to see the masked figures drop comfits into outstretched hands. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z They have vinegar also, and a kind of comfit like what the Arabs call Natef, and some others. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z She coaxed me to endure, and called me her little Miss Honey-bee, but would not promise me a comfit; so I ran away before my cap was tied on. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z So may a despairing traveller have attempted to assuage with a few casual comfits the hunger of a Bengal tiger crouching for a spring. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I had always, from earliest childhood, been outrageously fond of this delicate comfit. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Beside the applause it won me, I was rewarded with a box of comfits; and for this reason I have never forgotten it. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Another comfit of a book for young people, but with fewer plums of romance in it, was Evenings at Home by Dr. Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z And, without making any excuse, I tell you that, when we had supped, after taking comfits, we drank. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z He threw comfits to her at the theatre, at carnival time—no great harm—but he was, moreover, always hanging about the street where Guido’s palace was. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were all of velvet, And the masts of beaten gold. National Rhymes of the Nursery 2011-07-12T02:00:29.700Z You know this is a subject from which I can no more keep my thoughts than a greedy urchin can forbear thrusting his fingers into a pot of comfits. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z She knows how to make the mysterious cakes and comfits, for which the stranger is bound to have as large an appetite in Calabria as in the isles of Greece. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Then those whose duty it was brought wine and comfits, and the fair one desired that I should partake of them with her. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z Thus they read all I had written, and wrote back to me in the same way, sending me some comfits or dried sweetmeats wrapped up in the paper on which they had written. The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z His attendant assured him that he would find it very pleasant, being made by her ladyship's own hands, who long enjoyed a high reputation for manufacturing possets and comfits of all sorts. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 She made trifles of vegetable marrow, tartlets of hen feathers to soothe the nerves, salads of spinach and carraway comfits, delicacies composed of porridge and mint, and the most luscious stews of pine-cones and lard. Bill the Minder They would deny them comfits, cakes, wine, pastry, and grudge them nuts; but our boys shall rebel against all this. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. And when she had gazed on me with her eyes the more to inflame my passion, after partaking of comfits, I took leave of her and of all. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z He very politely offered me some of his comfits, as though I had been a pretty girl, on whom such things are well bestowed. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second "Who speaks so loud of sugared comfits?" said a voice from the other side of the weather-stained rock, beneath which the Professor and Claire Agnew were sitting looking out over the sea. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion It transpired that the cargo of carraway comfits had got shifted and was mixed up with the camels. Bill the Minder The abundance of the comfits and the badness of the counsellors by which the poor child is environed, menace grievous injury both to mind and body, heart and stomach. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Caraways are, however, more extensively consumed entire in certain kinds of cheese, cakes and bread, and they form the basis of a popular article of confectionery known as caraway comfits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" When Aunt Marion went to Priscilla's room a little later, with a tray of tea and comfits and a word of gentle expostulation, she found her niece in anything but melting mood. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade "Who speaks of sugared comfits?" demanded Jean-aux-Choux for the second time. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Some were fearfully chafed with the comfits, thus proving with what force the latter must have been showered upon them by the shifting of the cargo. Bill the Minder On Monday the Corso was, nevertheless, more animated than on Saturday, and the warfare of comfits and flowers was carried on very gaily. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century After the dirge, they all went to the dead man's house, and partook of spiced bread and comfits, with ale and beer. Old and New London Volume I Now, suppose you boys wait for me here while I step around and leave this little comfit with Mrs. Badger with my mother’s compliments.” Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond He had comfits in his hand in a silver box," he said, "jeweller's work of a cunning artificer. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Why did not the comfits rain down on our houses? Indian Fairy Tales They receive, with stoical resignation, the showers of comfits and bouquets which are incessantly aimed at their gold-adorned heads. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The whole hotel is devoted to her; and the waiters continually do smuggle out comfits and fruit and pudding to her. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the holds; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The meats had been removed and Pompey was serving the pastry and comfits. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance And, as she was a cunning woman, she went and bought a great many comfits and scattered them all about her house, when Sachúlí was out of the way. Indian Fairy Tales Our balcony is decorated with red and white, and along the outside of the iron railing small boxes are hung for the bouquets and comfits. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century You expected me to protest it daily: to repeat the tale as a child repeats its lesson for a comfit. A Breath of Prairie and other stories "When plumcake and sugar for ever he picks, And sweetmeats, and comfits, and figs; Pray let him get rid of his own nasty tricks, And then he may laugh at the pigs." Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Boil rose-water and sugar till it becomes a syrup; when the cakes are almost done, spread this syrup all over them, and strew them with comfits. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. “No comfits have fallen on our houses,” said they. Indian Fairy Tales Grate nutmeg over it, add pounded cinnamon, and nonpareil comfits. 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 Tiny pink or green comfits stuck in the middle, or set in threes triangularly, are very decorative. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South "When plumcake and sugar forever he picks, And sweetmeats, and comfits, and figs; Pray let him get rid of his own nasty tricks, And then he may laugh at the pigs." Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Strew comfits on the top, and garnish as you like. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. What a liar you are! as if it ever rained comfits. Indian Fairy Tales Mix them well in, roll it out in little cakes, strew on carraway comfits, and bake on tins. 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 Frost them as soon as baked, and sprinkle comfits or sugar sand on the top. The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner Thus the dealer of sweetmeats drawls out: "In the name of the Prophet, comfits." Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Brilliana clapped her hands like a child that has been promised some coveted comfit. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel “Yes, yes,” cried he, “the day my mother got all those rupees, God rained comfits on our house.” Indian Fairy Tales Then mix in five ounces of caraway comfits, and put some on them. 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 Housewives were making ready their choicest dishes for the great Christmas-supper; fathers were slyly peeping into shop-windows, and children hoarding their sous and centimes for bonbons and comfits. Fairy Book When that amiable old sorceress devoured my comfits, she became in some sort an accomplice. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Herne, the blood-hound, lay at her feet, and would not be stirred, though for sport my lady had Marian to tempt him with some comfits. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales It rained comfits the day my mother got the rupees.” Indian Fairy Tales Work it into a light paste, set it before the fire to rise, incorporate a pound of carraway comfits, and an hour will bake it. 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 There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold. The Nursery Rhyme Book "Se�orita, will you accept some comfits?" said Andr�s, with an engaging smile to his beautiful neighbour, offering her the open box. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 There were comfits in the cabin, and apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, and the masts were made of gold. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Sachúlí began to pick them up and eat them, and he told all the people in the village how God had rained down comfits from heaven on his mother’s house. Indian Fairy Tales Milk the bowl full; in twenty minutes cover it pretty high with clouted cream; grate over it nutmeg; put pounded cinnamon and nonpareil comfits. A Poetical Cook-Book There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold! Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes But Elsin Grey whispered me that Pryor the confectioner had orders for coriander and cinnamon comfits by the bushel, and orange, lemon, chocolate, and burned almonds by the peck. The Reckoning They were often filled with sweetmeats and comfits, ornamented with bows of ribbon, and presented to ladies of their choice by devoted swains. Chats on Household Curios “My mother took the rupees the day it rained comfits on our house.” Indian Fairy Tales It is very good without the nonpareil comfits. A Poetical Cook-Book Alice, being unattended, shunned these unknown intruders, and mingled again with a merry group who were pelting one another with comfits and candied almonds. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Don't let them press on you those with a sink in the middle where the comfits lie. Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century No traitorous comfits ever passed that guard; no death-laden bark sailed by that sleepless quarantine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 They spoke, and gave him comfits sweet Prepared ripe fruits to counterfeit; And many a dainty cate beside And luscious mead their stores supplied. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse When at last the desert arrived, and the bride's comfits had been handed round, they began to sing. New Italian sketches Sister Célestine had invented a new kind of comfit which she begged Euphrosyne to try, leaving a paper of sweetmeats on her table for that purpose. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Tito bought some apricots, and cakes, and comfits, and put them into her apron. Romola An egg was whipped up with some sugar still left, and poured down Tom's throat, and later a cup of cocoa was made for him from the contents of Amy's box of comfits. Viking Boys French novels, translated, if not original, are as commonly seen in the "best regulated families" as comfits at the confectioner's or poison on potter-carriers' shelves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Sweetmeats in great variety filled the windows, and especially what were called pralines—an almond comfit covered with rough sugar, and of a peculiar flavour. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries After the cakes are in the pan, brush with the white of an egg, using a feather, and sprinkle them with comfits. My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec Captain Wopper had brought a supply of variously coloured abominations known in England by the name of comfits, in Scotland as sweeties. Rivers of Ice In the reign of Henry III. of France, they could not exist without an abundant use of comfits. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 They find popular use in bread, cheese, liquors, salads, sauces, soups, candy, and especially in seed cakes, cookies and comfits. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses The letter was not from Caponsacchi, and Pompilia, divining this as surely as she had divined that he did not throw the comfits, took it from the woman's hands and tore it into shreds. . . . Browning's Heroines “I will send her some, and likewise of mine own comfits and cakes,” said Mistress Dennet. The Armourer's Prentices And with a musical laugh she leaned back, and picking out a comfit from a little jewelled box began to nibble at it daintily as De Ganache's hands fell helplessly to his sides. Orrain A Romance We had none of the sweet patent medicines that the children now cry for, and none of the smooth capsules or the pleasant comfits that turn medicine into confectionery nowadays. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 It is used largely in making comfits and other kinds of confectionery, for adding to bread, and, especially in the East, as an ingredient in curry powder and other condiments. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses Looked our way, smiled the beautiful sad strange smile;" and thought the thought that we have learned—for instinctively and surely she felt that whoever had thrown the comfits, it was not "that man": ". . . Browning's Heroines Coriander comfits, sold by the confectioner as admirably warming to the stomach, and corrective of flatulence, consist of small aromatic seeds coated with white sugar. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The comfits called ginger pearls, are frequently adulterated with clay. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy Pray," said Miss Ruth, as she quietly put back in its place a fruit dish which Miss Deborah had "straightened," "pray where are Mr. Dale's comfits? John Ward, Preacher With an irrational rapidity the Sealyham disposed of the first comfit he had been given for more than six months. Berry And Co. If you strew a few Carvi comfits on the top, it will not be amiss. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened The seeds grow numerously in the small flat flowers placed thickly together on each floral plateau, or umbel, and are best known to us in seed cake, and in Caraway comfits. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The adulteration of confitures by means of clay, may be detected by simply dissolving the comfits in a large quantity of boiling water. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy An intimation that it was better not to throw large comfits or oranges during the Carnival, as injuries have thus been sometimes caused, was obeyed with equal docility. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe He had picked it to pieces, had avoided the snap, and had found a large comfit like an egg with a rough shell inside. The Brownies and Other Tales Some one will have discovered a new comfit, and word will go round that Mademoiselle So-and-So, who is a great lady, has fallen in love with a poor gentleman. The Grey Cloak Caraway comfits consist of these fruits encrusted with white sugar; but why the wife of a comfit maker should be given to swearing, as Shakespeare avers, it is not easy to see. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The presence of copper may be detected by pouring over the comfits liquid ammonia, which speedily acquires a blue colour, if this metal be present. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy We all went in, and there they made us goodly cheer with diverse subtilties, as comfits and march-panes and sweet wines. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London As to the comfit, it was eaten by one of the dogs, who had come down earliest of all. The Brownies and Other Tales His food was plain; he took no comfits, and drank no wine, except drinks of pomegranate, cherry, or apples.' Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The boiling and roasting of poults and pullets, and the construction of comfits and confections, we consign to everlasting oblivion. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 When at last the dessert arrived, and the bride's comfits had been handed round, they began to sing. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The first, as you have truly observed, has its roots in consanguinity or association, the second in a lively hope of future comfits, and either is sufficiently explicable. My Friend Prospero Canon Caponsacchi throws comfits at Pompilia in the theatre; brushes against her in the street; has constantly occasion to pass under her window, or to talk to some one opposite to it. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Hard by the fish-market is the Corso, a shady promenade round which the gala carriages drive in Carnival time, while the masked inmates pelt and get pelted in turn with comfits made of painted clay. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 You would ask my father to send for me as you sat over your wine, and I would run in to kiss you and be fed comfits from your pockets. Helmet of Navarre Rich Shortbread.—Two pounds of flour, one pound butter, and quarter pound each of the following ingredients:—Candied orange and lemon peel, sifted loaf sugar, blanched sweet almonds and caraway comfits. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 But they forgave her when they saw the splendor of her presents, and she showered out among them Père Melchior's horn of comfits. Bebee And after a while, when there had been comfit talk and sipping of sweet wine, one sang, and another followed, while the company listened, for they were of those who have ears to hear. Sir Mortimer Near the jug were placed a packet of sugar, two oranges, and some other comfits. A Love Episode They spoke, and gave him comfits sweet Prepared ripe fruits to counterfeit; And many a dainty cate beside, And luscious mead their stores supplied. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala The simpleton then had good wine and comfits brought in, and did the honours to the godfather and his companion in such sort as their occasions did most demand. The Decameron, Volume II Mrs Thompson looked at me with pardonable vanity and triumph, and I bestowed upon the successful students a few comfits which I had purchased on my road for my numerous and comfit-loving friends. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Then I saw the beautifully cut lips of my judge part, that the voice might slide forth, and, taking a comfit, he tittered, with unchanging tint and sweetest tone, the three words, "Apply the question." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 When the curtain rises, Arabella is discovered seated under the Christmas tree, eating comfits. Christmas Entertainments "That there is not," interrupted the lad decisively; "my stomach rebels against comfits, and sack-posset could never be laid to my door." The Nest of the Sparrowhawk He then had lights and wine and comfits brought; and when they had taken a slight refection, he bade all address them to the dance. The Decameron, Volume II "Pay!" says he, "Pedlar I am who through this wood to roam, One lock of her hair is gold enough for me, For apple, peach, comfit, or honeycomb!" Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. Ursule makes the richest comfits, but not so innumerable as these. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 "True, my sweet bird, true," answered the knight, picking a comfit from his gold drageoir. The White Company He then offered the aeronaut coffee and comfits, and promised to be present to witness the balloon ascent. Wonderful Balloon Ascents And in the attic were the wire masks he brought home with him from Rome, which people wear to prevent the nasty comfits getting in their mouths and eyes. The Wouldbegoods When they were at the door they told her not to forget the comfits and to moisten them well with malmsey. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc The grass showed white in the morning with the hoar-frost which clung like tiny comfits to every blade. At the Back of the North Wind I saw the bullets flying over the head of the commander-in-chief, as thick as comfits in Carnival. Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish “I will send her some, and likewise of mine own comfits and cakes,” said Mistress Dennet. The Armourer's Prentices "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 Strew the top of each bun with carraway comfits, and bake them on flat tins buttered well. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches GRUNDY: You may have observed that nowadays we rank the love-story among the comfits of literature; and we do this for the excellent reason that man is a thinking animal by courtesy rather than usage. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages Amongst the kind brownie's gifts left in my desk, I forgot to enumerate many a paper of chocolate comfits. Villette Herbert opened one of these, and finding that it contained a number of little round things which looked like comfits, he raised the paper to his mouth, which opened wide to receive them. Tales and Novels — Volume 01 On another side was store of garlic, onions, shallots, hams, botargos, caviare, biscuits, neat's tongues, old cheese, and such like comfits, very artificially interwoven, and packed together with vine-stocks. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 The contract written, signed, and registered, on one side was brought wine and comfits; on the other, white and orange-tawny-coloured favours were distributed; on another, gauntlets privately handed about. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 There was no sun, as it would have been too hot; but a large yellow lozenge made a nice moon, and red and white comfits were the stars. The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School "As I like sweets, and jams, and comfits, and conservatory flowers." Villette These comfits break into a white powder and bespatter the clothes of the person on whom they fall as if hair-powder had been thrown on them. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 But I am Corydon, I am not he, Though I no more that Corydon shall be To make a sugared comfit of my song. English Poems They have vinegar also, and a kind of comfit, like that called Natef by the Arabs and some others. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "What is that to me?" cried the proud Veronese, she who had broken the comfit dish. International Short Stories: French Alas! my breech makes buttons, And so would theirs, knew they as much as I. He may change the sweetmeats, and put Purging comfits in the dishes. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 They are saluted as they pass with showers of white comfits from the spectators on the seats of the scaffolding, or from the balconies and windows on each side of the street. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 There were comfits in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold! Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading Selected from English and American Literature Barberries are also used as a dry sweetmeat, and in sugarplums or comfits; are pickled with vinegar, and are used for various culinary purposes. The Book of Household Management Then she had laughed; but a comfit dish of marvelous workmanship was shattered between her nervous fingers. International Short Stories: French And the rabble cried "Largesse, largesse!" and horsemen galloped forth, casting among them nuts enveloped in silver-leaf and apples and comfits and trinkets and brass farthings in incredible quantities. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The company had finished dining, for the table was covered with fruits and comfits, and wine in silver goblets. Salute to Adventurers "Ay, and then the lusty banqueting, with sweetmeats and comfits wet and dry, and dried fruits of divers sorts," said Plumdamas. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 It taught preserving and comfit making, cooking, and housewifery. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III To Janice, hungry with the true appetite of provincialism, it was all the most delicious of comfits. Janice Meredith And as Berenger bent low in reverent greeting, Sir Francis took his hand and kissed his brow, saying, 'Come in, my young friend; we are but sitting over our wine and comfits after dinner. The Chaplet of Pearls Ices were handed round—none the less because it was bitterly cold—and cakes and comfits. A Siren The great tigress instantly bounded forward like an obedient hound, and placed its fore-paws on her knees, while she playfully held a sugared comfit high above its head. Ardath There were comfits in the cabin And apples in the hold, The sails were made of silk, The masts were made of gold. Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King. Ulysses In the name of God, Amen: I comfit my Soule to God that gave it and my bodie to the earth from whence it came. The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 6 Won't he provide His dear new sister with all sorts of dresses, With comfits and with toys and glittering jewels? Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts Between thumb and forefinger he balanced a sugar-crusted comfit of coriander seed steeped in marjoram vinegar, and having put his question he bore the sweet-meat to his mouth. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro There were toilette vessels of beautifully shaped and brightly polished brass, and on a silver salver was a refection of manchet bread, comfits, dried cherries, and wine. Two Penniless Princesses She nibbled, herself, at one of the comfits, and he followed her example. Saint Martin's Summer "So true is it that they supped at the H�tel-de-Ville," replied Oudarde but little affected by this catalogue, "that such a triumph of viands and comfits has never been seen." Notre-Dame De Paris The nosegays were torn from one another's hands and bosoms; the glasses and china went to wreck; the tables and floors were strewed with comfits. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker And the lion had comfits in his crown, and the unicorn a gilded horn. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard I had visions of a tenderloin steak smothered in fried onions, and some French-fried potatoes, and a tall table-limit stack of wheat cakes, and a few other incidental comfits and kickshaws. Speaking of Operations "Thou hast not yet tasted the sweets of this world's comfits, and thou railest at them?" Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth The girl was standing with the creature in her arms, feeding it with pieces of comfits from a pouch fastened at her girdle. A Monk of Fife Meanwhile she was fiddling away at the comfit dish, opening it and shutting it in her desire to see how it was made. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Captain Philippe brought his himself; it was an old comfit dish in Dresden china, and it had a gold mount. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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