单词 | olla podrida |
例句 | They had no appetite then, and so they couldn't judge of the olla podrida. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z It is an olla podrida of dark, poor, smoky mud huts; narrow dirt-heaped alleys, with bones and offal lying about; gaunt yelping dogs; bottle-green slimy pools, and ruins. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z To complete the olla podrida, we must remember that no old acquaintance, or family connections, however remote their actual station or style of manners from his own, were forgotten or lost sight of. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z An olla podrida of every set in the Hague. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z In that curious olla podrida of fact and fiction, "The Curiosities of Literature," D'Israeli gives a list of six of these problems, which he calls "The Six Follies of Science." The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z At last mother had an idea, and she made a sort of Spanish stew—what they call an olla podrida, you know. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The book, as the writer acknowledges, is a perfect olla podrida. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z The combination olla podrida is now at least never heard in Spain. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z It is an olla podrida of old legends. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z There was no arguing down our Mentor on this point, so the subject was changed, and he tried to disintegrate the ingredients in the very mixed dish of Spanish parties—a complete olla podrida. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The book is a weird salad of remembered scenes, an olla podrida of episodes we wish we could forget. Helena Brett's Career The Spanish are fond of this mushroom, and it is said to enter into their national dish, olla podrida, a mixture of meat, vegetables, and spices, whenever it can be obtained. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous Wit, fun, frolic, fairy tale, nonsense verses, satire, comedy, farce, criticism; a touch of each, an olla podrida which cannot be classified. Tourcoing In this olla podrida, where the Japanese elbows the Esquimaux, and the Australian shakes hands with the Turkish, where the Tamul fraternizes with the Hungarian, a place is carefully reserved for the Basque. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z With her own hands the jolly madre soon prepared me an olla podrida of tomatoes, peppers, and the remains in my game bag. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia I desire I may have an olla podrida, a bit of something from every one, without delay. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind The pot-au-feu of France and Switzerland, the olla podrida of Spain, the borsch of Poland, the tschi of Russia, the macaroni of Italy, the crowdie of Scotland, all are practical examples of this fact. The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery At midday Rita returned, bringing his dinner, a savory olla podrida. A Castle in Spain A Novel I hope the living in Spain, for his sake, did not then consist of olla podrida, with a variation of garlic and acid wine. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia "Entertainments," an indefinite and mysterious word, something akin to the olla podrida of sunny Spain, abounded. Dickens' London An olla podrida of sweet yams, pumpkins, white beans, bacon, sausage, and cabbage is another favourite dish; and, lastly, fish, flesh, and fowl in a dozen different guises complete the bill of fare. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Is this, or is it not, the age of scientific marvels, levelling of castes, rampant communism, murder, agrarian outrage, sudden massacre?—the olla podrida which we are pleased to denominate enlightenment? The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 He saw roast capons, obtained from Heaven knows where; rich odoriferous olla podrida, and various kinds of game. A Castle in Spain A Novel The archbishop has now replied to the decree, and his answer was to send a bunch, or olla podrida,85 of papers which he calls “acts.” The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 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, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 The supper was execrable, consisting of an olla podrida of ham, potatoes, and tomatoes stewed in oil and seasoned with garlick, and the wine and grapes were sour. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. This consisted of an olla podrida of all sorts of papers, such as would have won the heart of Charles Godfrey Leland. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He is an indefatigable "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," and his store is the most comical olla podrida of heterogeneous merchandise that I ever saw. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 All stirred into the great olla podrida and helped to "Make the hell broth boil and bubble." Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The negro element is everywhere, and the Chinese add a flavour of their own to the olla podrida. My Contemporaries In Fiction Oatmeal is also added to this olla podrida. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Here you find excellent fish; and also, in high perfection, the famous bollenbresse, a national dish in Provence, as celebrated as the olla podrida of Spain. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 There was an olla podrida browniness about it that would have entranced a native of Seville; and a collection of dirt around, that would have elevated a Chippeway Indian to an ecstasy of delight. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Satire first signified a basket of first fruits offered to Ceres; then a hotchpot or olla podrida, then a medley; and so the name was given to poems written without any definite design. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Beyond the farthest contact of the tide is a line of seaweed dried and desiccated, mixed up with which, in confusing array, are masses of shells, and such olla podrida of the sea. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky In Spain we find the olla podrida, a dish containing, as chief ingredient, the garbanzo or field-pea: it is a rich stew, of fowls or bacon, red peppers, and pease. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes My theory was a book whose pages should resemble rather an olla podrida of variety than a tautological joint of monotonous nutriment. The Bed-Book of Happiness These satires are an olla podrida, dealing with all sorts of subjects in a satirical manner, sometimes put in the dialogue form and cast in a mélange of prose and verse. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature It is also a mistake to think that any chance arrival among the Roman olla podrida could claim his bushel and a half of corn a week. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul I was very sorry time did not admit of my witnessing one of the new president's levees, as I much wished to see the olla podrida of attendants. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The Gentleman's Magazine was then rising toward that character of a readable medley and agreeable olla podrida, which it long bore, although its principal contributor—Johnson—did not join its staff till the next year. Poetical Works of Akenside What a curious olla podrida the poor man's brain must be! Life in Mexico It was an olla podrida, in which everybody's tastes were considered. Dutch Life in Town and Country Still, I have had her much to my routs and drums, where 'tis such an olla podrida that it matters not who comes. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty Bang's "mucho mucho" even failed him, for he had only in his modesty got a thimbleful of brandy to qualify the olla podrida. Tom Cringle's Log We have nobody to talk olla podrida to now. A Romance of the Republic A fat Spaniard has been discoursing upon the glories of olla podrida. Life in Mexico On looking over this letter I find it an olla podrida of tropical glories, royal festivities, finance matters, and odds and ends in general. The Hawaiian Archipelago This astonishing olla podrida of reasons for depriving men of their lives leaves one stunned and confused. Courts and Criminals I dished up my olla podrida, and set it before the hungry English; but they did not relish it. Joseph II. and His Court Your grandfather's Spanish, your grandmother's French, and your father's English, all mixed up in an olla podrida. A Romance of the Republic It was running over with frippery,—olla podrida cropping out everywhere. Gala-days |
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