| 单词 | conger |
| 例句 | Maybe the source is the 20-something hipster “with boatloads of purslane,” he said, or the fisherman who calls and tells the chef that he just caught a conger eel. Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Food Paradise 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z A sampling of colorful appetizers followed: grilled sweetbreads with lime and conger eel cheeks, black sea snails, salicornia in an algae sauce. Restaurant Report: Peumayen in Santiago, Chile 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z But Chilean products shine throughout, like conger eel, served with a carrot and orange minestrone. Charting New Frontiers in Chilean Cuisine 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z By July, he had moved on to the daggertooth pike conger, a sharp-fanged eel that grows fat as the mud where it squirms becomes warmer. A Sushi Hideaway Where There’s Always Something New to Taste 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The sediment contained bones belonging to eels, morays, conger, mullet and sea bream. Neanderthals Feasted on Seafood, Seabirds, Perhaps Even Dolphins 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Bannon told Wolff that he relishes the hatred his name congers up in what he called the “donor class” and “the metrosexual bubble.” “Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power”: Steve Bannon speaks out for first time since being named Donald Trump’s top White House adviser 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z “I knew I wasn’t in the U.S.A. anymore when the attendant asked if I wanted chicken, or conger eel!” said one well-fed voter. The World's Best Airlines for Food 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z There is conger eel, served in a dark broth made from the cochayuyo seaweed. Chef Jars Chile With His ‘Landscape Cuisine’ 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Dishes at Borago include grilled conger eel served alongside a puree cooked over a sea rock and dipped inside a brown, soy-like tasting broth from the roots of "cochayuyo," a Chilean seaweed. Chilean cuisine rises by going back to its roots 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Then there are the several land sightings, and the fossils, whale bones and dead conger eels that have been found at Loch Ness. Photos of the Loch Ness Monster, revisited 2013-07-10T15:15:00.793Z For others, prospect of “implantable technologies” conger an image that might be more familiar, but more frightening. Technology, Digital Health and the Frankenstein Syndrome 2013-04-12T14:06:50Z The new dish, served with a piece of local conger eel dusted in merquén, a smoked-chili seasoning, is now one of his favorites. Sergio Barroso: Hot Chef, Cool City 2013-03-01T06:45:00Z The Yorkshire house of Gascoigne bore “Silver a pale sable with a golden conger’s head thereon, cut off at the shoulder.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The squid is gregarious, and forms a favourite food of the larger fishes, especially of conger. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Sharks of all sorts, enormous saw-fish,2 hideous devil-fish,3 and monstrous conger eels, as well as poisonous black and yellow sea-snakes, abound, so that the fisherman does not have everything his own way. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Or boar from Argive woods, or noble conger From Sicyon's bay, the conger which the god Of the deep sea doth bear aloft to heaven, Fit banquet for his brethren. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The conger, therefore, is generally the author of the injury which the octopus has been unfairly accused of inflicting on itself. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Nonetheless, the attendees tuck into an eighteen course feast of caviar, sea urchin roe, Kyoto beef, conger eels, truffles and champagne, prepared by some sixty chefs. The Looming Global Food Crisis: Are Elites to Blame? 2011-06-02T01:01:45Z Shrimps, fine shrimps, fresh shrimps!" and then by a lustier voice that drowned the little lassie's tones, and cried, "Conger—conger eel—fine, ladies—fresh, ladies—and bellies as big as bishops! The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z I suppose it goes to Hamburg to make German Havana cigars, just as conger eels go to Paris to make fillets of soles. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Besides all this a conger fine and fat I bought, and buried in a fragrant pickle; Likewise some tench, and clinging to the rocks Some limpets. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “That the dish is waiting for the bit of conger.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z “Well, I don’t know,” said Amos, staring down at his section of conger eel, which he was carrying by a string. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z While on the subject of fish, it may be mentioned that the biggest edible crab caught off the coast of Cornwall weighed 13 lbs., and the largest conger 120 lbs. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Of course, I don't say but what a little chat with the conger might make it all right, and there's no harm in trying—she's a nice eel. Bill the Minder But we must say something about the conger. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “Don’t keep that piece of conger in this hot room all the morning,” he said pointing with his stick. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Think of a man as calls hisself a Christian, and preaches to his fellows, buying a gashly chunk of twissening snake of a conger eel, and taking it home to eat.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z There is every reason to believe that eels and conger spawn but once in their lives, and die soon after they have discharged their generative products. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" I quite astonished myself by my own eloquence, which grew more impassioned as I proceeded, and noticed that the old conger seemed deeply impressed. Bill the Minder And Philemon, the comic poet, himself mentioning the extraordinary congers at Sicyon, represents a cook as priding himself on his skill, and saying in the play entitled the Soldier,— 32. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “I’ll fetch it here,” said Uncle Luke, and he went round to the back, to return directly with the second half of the conger. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Of the long sort are congers, eels, garefish, and such other of that form. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison When kept in aquaria, both male and female conger are vigorous and voracious. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" "Bravo, good resolution," cried I, and then in moving terms I explained the situation and urged him to take the blue pointlet back to its mother on receiving it from the conger eel. Bill the Minder And Alexis, in his Seven against Thebes, says— And all the parts of a fine conger eel Well hash'd together, overlaid with fat. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I can’t buy half a conger, Mr Luke Vine, sir; and I don’t know as I’d have took it if it had been whole.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z One conger after another is hauled out with a hook and thrown on the frozen surface, where, laying down his ugly head, he flaps his fellow-prisoners into pieces with his heavy tail. Timar's Two Worlds Only one other species of the family occurs in British waters, namely, the conger, which is usually much larger and lives in the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" "Where is she?" roared he, and made off in the direction of the conger. Bill the Minder Five more I gave for a large conger's head And shoulders. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z “I caught a splendid conger this morning,” continued Uncle Luke, giving his basket a swing, “and I’ve brought your master half.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Carp and pike, conger and bass, are good enough for poor people. Timar's Two Worlds In the conger the eyes are larger than in the eel, and the upper jaw overlaps the lower, whereas in the eel the lower jaw projects beyond the upper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Presently the whale came along, having been hunting for the conger all over the place. Bill the Minder But Icesius affirms that they are not less nutritious than the eel, nor even, perhaps, than the conger. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z For he used to buy the yellow penny dreadfuls, And read them where he fished for conger eels, And listened to the lapping of the water, The green and oily water round the keels. The Lord of Misrule And Other Poems Of these there are two gigantic species represented here—the conger, a dark-skinned, rather ill-favored fellow, and the beautiful Italian eel, with a velvety, leopard-spotted skin. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science Female conger of 5 or 6 ft. in length and weighing from 30 to 50 ℔ are common enough, and occasionally they exceed these limits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" And a' plays at quoits well, and eats conger and Fennel. 2nd Henry IV, act ii, sc. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare But all this is a mistake; for the fact is, that he is pursued by the congers, and has his feet hurt in that manner. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?" Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature "Look at me, you Irish tief, and tell me if I have a blue light or a conger eel at my stern!" Great Pirate Stories The large numbers of conger above this size caught for the market are all immature females. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" I half expected the ugly head of a great conger to look out at me from the pool. A Poor Man's House Then there is the sphuræna, or hammer-fish; and these fish, Icesius says, are more nutritious than the congers, but very unpleasant and unpalatable to the taste; and, as to their juicy qualities, they are tolerable. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The Manx or Erse term for a large eel or conger. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. My husband has often told Ida the story of your terrible fight with the conger eels, the first time that the party ever sallied forth from the Flying Fish. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure The male conger was first 9 described in 1879 by Hermes, who obtained a ripe specimen in the Berlin Aquarium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" We decided to save the conger for Sunday's dinner. A Poor Man's House I could see “schools” of small herring fry and broad round plaice, and huge turbots, and beautiful green mackerel, and great conger eels as large as boa-constrictors, all engaged in pursuits of pleasure or prey. The Boy Tar I've just finished at King William's and bought a boat," said Philip, "and I came up to ask you to join me—congers and cods, you know—good fun anyway. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "Will there be more pleasure, think you, in seeing the congers eat the gladiator, or in eating the congers afterward?" The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 In 1864 the American naturalist, T. N. Gill, published the conclusion that L. Morrisii was the young or larva of the conger, and Leptocephali generally the young stages of species of Muraenidae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Tony, however, has been saying that, on the rough ground a mile or so out, good-sized conger can be caught by day. A Poor Man's House Josselyn also tells some very pretty ways of cooking fish, especially eels with herbs, showing that, like Poins, the colonists loved conger and fennel. Customs and Fashions in Old New England They were all on their feet together, twisting about like great congers on the quay, drinking a little and smoking a great deal, thumping the table, and all talking at once. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "Oh! no comparison! one can eat fat congers always." The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 No fish eggs of the kind to which reference is here made have yet been obtained on the British coasts, although conger and eels are so abundant there. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" It is quite useless to fish for conger with stale bait. A Poor Man's House There was neither a dog-fish nor a conger in all the haul, so they had no fears for their hands. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols “He’s for all the world like one o’ them big congers Muster Leigh caught off Hastings.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" "Drag that brute, hence!" he said, waving his hand toward the unhappy gladiator, "put out his eyes, fetter him foot and hand, and cast him to the congers in the fish-pond." The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 The conger is especially fond of squid or other Cephalopods, while the eel greedily devours carrion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" “I may either get a conger or a good hake,” he thought to himself. A Terrible Coward The congers are quite monstrous, far surpassing in size those of Our Sea. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Dog fish, too, are sometimes taken; as are conger eels, and horse mackerel. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes The crew called him a conger, a priest, and a porpoise. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The conger has a wider range, extending from the western and southern shores of Britain and Ireland to the East Indian Archipelago and Japan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" It must be either a great conger or a monster hake, or else it’s a small shark. A Terrible Coward Why, my good fellow, they’ll thrive upon tobacco until they grow as large as conger eels. Peter Simple I once saw the king swallow a conger;—I don’t think I could have managed one myself, but you never know what you can do till you try. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days A few pilchards or grilled mackerel, or a baked hake, with a pudding inside him—or oh! a conger pie.” To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze There, come back, he has only gone to set a line for conger.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Hake, conger, shark, whatever it might be, forgotten as Harry Paul heard that cry repeated. A Terrible Coward “Yes, it is something like that, Rodd,” said the doctor; “but no conger eel could be as large as that, and really I don’t know.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise I don’t mind a conger, because, even if he bites you, it’s on’y a bite, and it gets well; but a snake! Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land “Here’s a conger, I think,” said Will suddenly. Menhardoc “Expected to find a conger, then, and wanted the hammer to knock it down.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea “Not they,” said Aleck, quietly; “didn’t I tell you he was as quick and slippery as a conger?” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap I looked round, and found the crack where the conger must have been, and then came a summons from without. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore Such lots of great conger eels, six foot long, ’bout the holes in the bottom. Cutlass and Cudgel “Won’t he be scared when we gets a conger over the side.” Menhardoc You’ve got to hit a conger before you can knock it down. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea The young dogs are as quick as congers.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap It was a glorious evening, and we took rock-whiting, pout, and small conger at such a rate that I cried, “Hold, enough!” Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore “Then it’s a conger, and it’s got its tail round a rock.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “To knock the congers down!” cried Arthur aghast. Menhardoc Cautious to stir, staring with jewel eyes; Dogs of the sea, the savage congers mope, Winding their sulky march Meander-wise. Silverpoints “It’s like conger fishing,” he thought, “and I must give him line.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap Sep, it was over these rocks, against that one, I suppose,” he cried, pointing to a huge block just below the surface, and a favourite haunt of conger, “that the Frenchman’s boat capsized.” Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore Just as if we couldn’t settle any number of seals with sticks or conger clubs!” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Why, our Will would tackle any conger as ever swam about a rock. Menhardoc Now, at sixty-four fathom a conger may come And nose at the bones of a drowned submarine; But—late in the evening Kilmeny came home, And nobody knew where Kilmeny had been. The New Morning Poems "I've heard of a chap who got into trouble with a conger eel that way," he said. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries “Was it down here, Bob, down on the left, that you found the conger?” Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore “Ah! of course there’s the conger club with the gaff hook at the end.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Why, if a conger could bite through a line, what would he think of flannel trousers? Menhardoc And Falstaff commends Poins thus, in Henry the Fourth, "He plays at quoits well, and eats conger, and Fennel." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure He was gettin' stones out of the bottom of the river, and the conger says to him, 'What are you afther there?' says he. Fairies and Folk of Ireland With that I put it away in the trunk, and changed the subject by turning my attention to snooding a score or two of fish hooks for conger fishing. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles “No, of course that’s nonsense; but the congers may be very big and fierce, and isn’t this the sort of place they would run up?” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Don’t you be scared about the congers, Master Taffarthur, sir,” said Josh kindly. Menhardoc It was a conger eel, which managed to wriggle, half dead as it was, into a puddle of the brackish water. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 From Mr. Yeats's "The Celtic Twilight" I have the little story of the conversation between the diver and the conger, in Chapter II. Fairies and Folk of Ireland In Guernsey market the heaviest conger I saw was one of sixty-seven pounds—a baby in comparison to mine! Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles “I don’t want to be a coward, Cinder,” whispered Mike; “but if it’s a great conger, I don’t know what I should do.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “How long would it take to row round?” said Arthur, who, in the novelty of the scene, forgot all about the conger. Menhardoc Great congers with their ugly manes and villanous eyes wind in and out the rocky channels, committing assaults on smaller fishes as they come. The Romance of the Coast It was a great conger that lived in a hole in the Sligo River, and I suppose he was ten yards long, and the man was a diver. Fairies and Folk of Ireland Well, now, let me tell an adventure that befell me while conger fishing off the Creviçhon one calm evening just after dark. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles He saw the savagely murderous look in the old man’s eyes, and that he had quickly seized the conger bat with one hand, after passing the sheet into that which held the oar. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Fishers wants patience—waiting for what they catches, undoing tangles in nets and lines, and dealing with conger. Menhardoc The conger season extends from March to June, and from October to November. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 For the doctrine has more twists in it than a conger. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 I grew tired of hauling in pollack, and determined to have a try for the more exciting conger. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales “You hold your tongue, you old ruffian,” cried Vince, who was steering and holding the sheet too, while Mike kept guard with the conger bat. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Why, don’t you know how a conger can bite?” Menhardoc They are used for sardine catching, when they will carry a crew of four men, or for taking conger and cod, in which case they will be manned by eight hands. Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 King: As to the heir of Orkney, since the time you sent him to the right about, I never got so much as a conger eel from his hand. Three Wonder Plays He seemed about to say more, but at that moment I felt a long pull on the line, and for an hour or two the conger kept us busy. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Then the old man made an effort to wriggle himself into a sitting position, but a light tap with the conger bat sent him down. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days That there wire as is run round the line is to keep the congers from biting it in two.” Menhardoc Squab pie, muggetty pie, conger pie, sweet giblet pie—such a whack of pies do try a man, to be sure. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales It was like a puff ball supporting and assisting a conger eel. Mr. Britling Sees It Through "Look here: could you make it convenient to go fishing for conger this next night or two—and to go alone?" Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts “One couldn’t help fancying all sorts of horrors, but when you find there is nothing worse than seals—” “And horrible congers: I felt them.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “I mean Will, father; he knows of a place where the congers are plentiful, and Josh says he’ll take the greatest care of us.” Menhardoc Strong tackle is essential for conger fishing, as so powerful an opponent in the darkness cannot be given any law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Why, my good fellow, they'll thrive upon tobacco until they grow as large as conger eels. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 There were some conger eels seven feet long, and when we stared at them they went and stuck their little heads into crevices in the rocks. Fated to Be Free The congers wouldn’t live in a place where seals were. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Yes; it’s all very well to say kill ’em at once,” grumbled Josh; “but you know what a gashly thing a big conger is to kill.” Menhardoc Since the above was written, I have been shown ova in the lamprey, and what appeared to have been melt taken from a conger eel, at a fishmonger's in Bond-street. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832. That is a conger eel--a species that abounds in these seas; we see them repeatedly, at the depth of twelve feet water, lying exactly in that position. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The coasts of Ireland abound in all the kinds of fish in common use—cod, ling, haddock, hake, mackerel, herring, whiting, conger, turbot, brill, bream, soles, plaice, dories, and salmon. Men of Invention and Industry Cinder, he has got the conger bat out of the locker. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Like a conger in a trammel,” assented Josh. Menhardoc Black swarming in medley miscreate, In masses lumped hideously, Wallowed the conger, the thorny skate, The lobster's grisly deformity; And bared its teeth with cruel sheen a Terrible shark, the sea's hyena. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Master Decimus Saxon in my father's black Utrecht velvet and untanned riding boots looked a very different man to the bedraggled castaway who had crawled like a conger eel into our fishing-boat. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Farewell, mother, and tarry here no longer, For after prowess of chivalry I do both thirst and hunger: I will beat the knaves as flat as a conger. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 “I say,” cried Vince suddenly, “we never tried for a conger along here, Mike.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days I’ve known ’em swallow a conger when it’s been hooked, and I’ve seen small ones caught that way, but they generally bite through the line and go off. Menhardoc Black-swarming, in medley miscreate, In masses lumped hideously, Wallowed the conger, the thorny skate, The lobster's grisly deformity; And, baring its teeth with cruel sheen, a Terrible shark, the sea's hyena. Rampolli Now at sixty-four fathom a conger may come, And nose at the bones of a drowned submarine; But late in the evening Kilmeny came home, And nobody knew where Kilmeny had been. A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917 But, to my consternation, the melon was taken round with stewed conger eel, and eaten with salt and pepper. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc But you know there may be whirlpools and holes and black caverns and sharp rocks, and I dare say there are regular monsters of congers down in the deep places that have never been disturbed.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days You’re obliged to have a single line for a conger, with a wire-snooded hook and swivels, big hooks bound with wire, something like this here.” Menhardoc Antagoras readily answered: But do you think, sir, that when Agamemnon did them he made it his business to know if any in his camp were frying congers? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 I am not a customer for tea, coffee, tobacco, snuff, or pepper, nor even for whiting, soles, or conger. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War "Look at me, you Irish tief, and tell me if I have a blue light or a conger eel at my stem?" Tom Cringle's Log “I say, how big have we ever seen a conger?” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Josh hooked one once with his gaff, after it had taken a conger bait.” Menhardoc With an intensity like that of a captured conger I yearned to be hidden by the water. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel At a later period the conger was not eaten from its being supposed to produce the plague. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period When I was a small boy I fished one day for congers in the monster hole. The Celtic Twilight Why, Ladle, all the holes among the rocks must swarm with lobsters, and the congers must be as big as serpents.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Will had missed this time, and the conger was apparently starting on a voyage of discovery about the boat. Menhardoc Our lines brought us goby, salmon, cod, mackerel, conger, mullet, and parrot-fish. An Antarctic Mystery Fennel was in olden times generally considered an inflammatory herb, and hence to eat "conger and fennel" was to eat two high and hot things together, which was an act of libertinism. The Folk-lore of Plants I began a tale of an immense conger, three times larger than the one I carried, that had broken my line and escaped. The Celtic Twilight There are all varieties, from speckled trout and mackerel, up to conger eels, horse mackerel, and porpoises. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 So they have, sir; but you see here, I catches and kills a conger, or a pollack, or a gurnet, or a bass. Menhardoc Now the weather was milder, as it generally is at Christmas time, and the snow all gone, and the wind blowing off the land again, to the great satisfaction of both cod and conger. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale One conger secured off this coast measured over twenty feet in length, and weighed two hundred and fifty pounds—a veritable sea-serpent…. Two Years in the French West Indies Even the prodigal fecundity of the conger eel left him cold. Merton of the Movies ‘There’s pig’s fry, a side of bacon, a conger eel, and pickled onions.’ The Hand of Ethelberta “Now, young gentlemen,” said Josh quietly, “congers is queer customers; sometimes they’ll bite.” Menhardoc Ah! there he goes, dragging him along the deck as if he were a cod-fish or a conger. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale And he as smartly replied: Do you think that Agamemnon did so many famous exploits when he was inquiring who dressed congers in the camp? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Upon this young actor's memory would be forever seared the information that the conger eel lays fifteen million eggs at one time and that the inhabitants of Upper Burmah have quaint native pastimes. Merton of the Movies I recognized the Javanese eel, a genuine eight–decimeter serpent with a bluish gray belly, which, without the gold lines over its flanks, could easily be confused with the conger eel. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea “Hadn’t—hadn’t we better fish for something else, as the congers don’t bite?” Menhardoc |
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