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Last month, he led a group of activists into the fields of Landes, where they released scores of trapped ortolans and demanded that poachers be arrested. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
He rhapsodizes about plump ortolan buntings drizzled with Armagnac and grilled until the bones dissolve. Review: ‘The Messenger’ Documents Avian Struggles 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z
Besides, Mr. Guérard added, he and his fellow chefs are seeking a waiver from the French government to serve ortolan only one weekend a year. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
The ortolan, a seed-eating songbird that is little bigger than a child's hand, has been banned from restaurant menus in much of Europe since 1999. French chefs seek to put banned songbird back on menu 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
Then Mr. Spall dines on what appears to be an actual ortolan. Review: Belarus Free Theater’s ‘Trash Cuisine’ Serves Politics With Teeth 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z
Structured as a grotesque revue, the show is partly set at a cooking show, with scenes ranging from execution via electric chair to the crunching of an ortolan’s bones. Theater Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
In the inevitable cannibalism sprees that tend to break out among families like the Roys, the nice ones tend to be roasted and eaten first, and with the gusto of a gourmand devouring an ortolan. "Succession": a wealth of cruel humor 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z
Why eat an ortolan, force feed a goose for its liver or rummage around in the mud with pigs for a truffle? Not all cuisines are created equal, so which country has the worst food? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z
The European Union banned the hunting of ortolans and declared them a protected species in 1979 amid concerns about their survival and an outcry from environmentalists. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
About 30,000 wild ortolans are still being culled illegally in the South of France every summer, while the police look the other way, he added. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
The number of ortolans has now declined dramatically but they are still served illegally in certain swanky French restaurants at around €2,000 a kilo. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z
Mr. Spall, in the guise of our culinary host, is also given the responsibility of describing the slaughter, preparation and consumption of a tiny European songbird, the ortolan. Review: Belarus Free Theater’s ‘Trash Cuisine’ Serves Politics With Teeth 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z
Poachers lure the ortolan into ground traps during its migratory flight from Northern Europe to Africa. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
Mr. Coussau rebuffed critics who say the ortolan is an unnecessary extravagance. The Ortolan: A Tiny Bird as a French Cause Célèbre 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
Four species were in the worst trouble: the ortolan bunting, the ruff, the golden oriole and the greenfinch. Farmland Birds in France Are in Steep Decline 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z
The ortolans are placed in a warm chamber, perfectly dark, with only one aperture in the wall. The Surgical Solution to Obesity? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
Each diner was presented with a sizzling roasted ortolan, a sparrow-like bird the size of a lemon. Fit for office? A brief history of leaders' illnesses 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z
Meanwhile, the French regard the ortolan bunting as a delicacy, with local authorities ignoring violations of a Europe-wide hunting ban. 'The Messenger' ponders vanishing songbirds 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z
The chief dishes consisted of ortolans and other small game. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z
A stroll to the trees and bushes further inland would possibly reward us with a few woodcock, rice-birds or ortolan, and other delicious game peculiar to China. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z
The ortolans thus treated become like little balls of fat in a few days. The Surgical Solution to Obesity? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
Louis served us with the mien of major-domo, and set on each dish as though it had been a peacock or a mess of ortolans. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z
That time is past, one of us is already gray, but no roasted ortolans have flown into our mouths, nor any Persian carpets spread themselves under our feet. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z
All this while the Blue Prince was dragging his brother with suspicious solicitude towards the hut, where he sat him down to his own supper of ortolans and oysters. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
“It would be better for you to pass from dish to mouth a rosary of ortolans with a thrush for Credo.” 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
Shades of Rousseau and Wordsworth, to mention the nightingale and the ortolans in one breath! Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z
Why not ortolans, and have done with it? San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z
We dreamt of prize medals and certificates for both of us, of Persian carpets under our feet, and of roasted ortolans flying straight into our mouths. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z
Bah! he hath eyes for naught but the odd ortolans and oysters I sacrificed that he might gorge himself withal, while I spied out thy secret. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
Here be hams, marrow bones, pies of herons, ortolans, fat hens, as for great lords! 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
The dish he had created for us that day was a pheasant stuffed with ortolans, all cooked in their own juice—brais�—over a slow fire during six hours. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z
“You would do better to try a chaplet of ortolans with a thrush for the Credo.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
There were numbers of goldfinches, a blackbird, some small thrushes, an ortolan, and two or three other kinds I could not identify; nay, even a brace of unhappy quail in a bottle-shaped basket. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z
We have the fancy or fable, then a dialogue, and a melodious lyric to conclude; so, in the twelve poems, we may see twelve ortolans, with their accompanying toast and sage leaf. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
When they had cleaned their dishes, they asked again for koekebakken, for ortolans and fresh fricassees. 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
An author is a being between gods and men, who ought to be lodged in a palace, and entertained at the public charge on ortolans and tokay. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z
You and all your companions in turn, for you are morsels fit for a king, more delicate to swallow than any ortolan or thrush or snipe!” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
No longer do the ortolans and caviare of unregenerate bachelorhood tempt you; rather do you yearn for ground rice and stewed prunes in the third floor back. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
We shall have dolphins and mullets, ortolans and beccaficos, musk sherbet from Constantinople, true Roman Falernian mingled with honey, and, to crown all, a Pythagorean peacock! Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z
“I will gladly eat with you,” said he, “and eat you, and all the others turn about, for you are titbits for a king, more delicious than ortolans or thrushes or woodcocks.” 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
With him it is only a question whether the Madeira over-flavored the soup, or that the ortolans might possibly have been fatter. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z
When at length they had cleared their trenchers, they demanded yet further supplies of koekebakken, ortolans, and fricassees. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Alternations of ortolans and champagne, with bread and onions, would be—even supposing one could be sure of the ortolans, which Algernon knew he could not—entirely repugnant to his temperament. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z
But if she had preferred ortolans to larks, game and truffles to chicken and oysters, if the money could have been obtained she would have had them. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z
Good God! it was never fed till now but on ortolans. 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 intended to shoot some more of the ortolans this morning, but there will be plenty of time afterward. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z
Up to now I have fed on ortolans. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
We need not attempt, in our everyday dinner, to realize Disraeli's ideal of dining: "eating ortolans to the sound of soft music." Household Organization
Pleased with this praise, I asked his opinion of the ortolans. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories
And he complains that the head gamekeeper has not provided sufficient ortolans. Majesty A Novel
One was a kind of thrush, the other a small dove called the ortolan, and esteemed a very great delicacy on account of its exquisite flavor. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z
Here are hams, marrow-bones, pasties, ortolans, fatted poulets, castrelins, all just as you might find them in the houses of the rich! The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Let me have some ortolans in the bag, and believe me yours, "Adderley." The Fortunes Of Glencore
First, some turnip turtle soup, then, ortolans of spinach and mashed potatoes, followed by a canvas-backed duck made of Indian corn, and last, not least, plum-pudding. Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories
"Are you not ashamed," said I, rebukefully, "to have ortolans here, when you know in your heart they are swallows?" A Day's Ride A Life's Romance
A good supply of wild pigeons and ortolans had been snared, partly cooked, and preserved in lard. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z
His Eminence said yesterday that the salmi of ortolans was a dish fit for the Pope. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
"It is exquisite, sir; the Prince ate some of the caviare soup, and was asking a second time for the 'pain des ortolans' when I left the room." The Fortunes Of Glencore
On that of the old Cardinal, who, when his doctors pronounced his case hopeless, immediately ordered a supper of ortolans with olives. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
I must not suffer myself to dwell longer on this theme, nor speak of that supper, with its champagne and culerabourgs, its lyrics and its lobster salads, with ortolans, epigrams, seductive smiles, and maraschino jelly. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
Cover the ortolans with slices of bacon, and cook them in a bain-marie moistened with stock and lemon juice. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode
Help me to that ortolan there, and pass the bottle. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I
A fine roast, ortolans, teals, quails, ruffs, knotts, peachicks, snipes, partridges, pheasants, &c., nine dishes. Old and New London Volume I
His chef had eked out a salmi of ortolans by a thrush; and it was exactly that unlucky morsel the Cardinal had helped himself to at breakfast, and immediately sent his plate away in disappointment. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Rubicund apples, splendid game, truffles, and ortolans, deck the one side; smoke, dirty plates, rags, and smutty saucepans may be seen on the other. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.
When done, pour a little pur�e of game into each truffle, add the ortolans, warm for a few seconds in the oven, and serve. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode
At a corresponding party in London there would have been soups, souffl�s, aspic, truffles, and ortolans. Memoirs of Life and Literature
It was a thousand pities that any one should be hungry; but, for himself, he liked truffles, ortolans, and all good things. Marion Fay
All their proceedings were watched and followed by that eager vulturehood which hungers for ortolans, and thirsts for iced champagne. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
From all quarters," says an ancient manuscript, "he received offerings of wine, fruit, confections, ortolans, horses, dogs, hawks, and gerfalcons. Henry IV, Makers of History
Take as many even large-sized truffles as ortolans; make a large round hole in the middle of each truffle, and put in it a little chicken forcemeat. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode
To roast wheat ears and ortolans, they should be spitted sideways, with a vine leaf between each. 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
Do you pretend you ever tasted lampreys And ortolans? Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning
"Are the ortolans good, padre?" asked Jekyl, while his eye glittered with an intense appreciation of the old canon's hypocrisy. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
There is a small bird called the ortolan, which is highly esteemed by the Italian gourmands. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession
Dish the ortolans on toast, and strain the gravy over them. Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode
Some persons like slices of bacon tied between them, but the taste of it spoils the flavour of the ortolan. 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
I ask not ortolans, or Chian wine, The fat of rams, or quintessence of swine. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems
With all the luxury of statesmen dine, On daily feasts of ortolans and wine. A Poetical Cook-Book
The ortolans, thinking the sun has risen, hop around and eat. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession
Thus, ill on the 11th in consequence of a monstrous supper taken on the 10th, we find him, for all that, on the following day devouring sardines by the half-dozen, and ortolans again! The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
Why, we are to eat a peacock and ortolans under the loggia among Bernardo Rucellai’s rare trees; there are to be the choicest spirits in Florence and the choicest wines. Romola
You cannot altogether despise one who has clothed himself with rags and fed himself with bone-scrapings, while broadcloth and ortolans were within his easy reach. Orley Farm
Don’t be long, or the turtle will be cold, and the ortolans baked to a cinder. The Nebuly Coat
Instead of these, the contents proved to be a bird—and only one—a chick recently hatched, about the size of a squab-pigeon, and fat as a fed ortolan. The Castaways
At the very first start I eat six in as many mouthfuls—a truly delicious morceau; despite my kermès, I reckon upon eating as many to-day, along with my two ortolans. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
Its food is rather nasty—water-slugs and the like,—but it is itself as fat as an ortolan, "almost melts in the hand." Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
Other people's surfeits of champagne and ortolans had assured his own taste for plain roast beef. The Letter of the Contract
His soups were gastronomic triumphs, and he was an adept in serving oysters, terrapin, reed-birds, quails, ortolan, and other delicacies in the first style of culinary perfection. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
Ever your devoted Niece, Victoria R. Many thanks for the two supplies of ortolans, which were delicious. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843
Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music! The Young Duke
The Caliph, who could eat no more ortolans, although fed by such delicate fingers, was at length obliged to call for 'rice,' which was synonymous to commanding the banquet to disappear. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
Happy the ortolans whom destiny puts into Potel's plate of honour! The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad'
I treated her, Bill, To six entrées of ortolans, sprats, maraschino, and oysters. The Heptalogia
He finds ortolans to be composed of nothing but fat, and he often seems, in his thoughts on other nations, to have for his first point of view the sight of foreigners at dinner. Among Famous Books
Later, they found there was something greater in the ortolan, and in some of the similar smaller things which fly. A Man and a Woman
The ortolan is a small bird, abundant in southern Europe, Cyprus, and Japan. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
When the ortolans were roasted and ready to be served up, I went into the kitchen, carried them off, and put my mother's knitting apparatus on the spit. Willis the Pilot
One recalls a confused glamor of ortolans, trussed guinea-hens, strawberries reclining in a bowl carved out of solid ice, and what used to be known as vintages. Mince Pie
It was well done—the transparent quality of the jelly and the delicate ortolans imprisoned within, imploring dissection. Don Orsino
They are as fat as ortolans and grin at us in the most friendly fashion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876
Boblincoln no more, he is the reedbird now, the much-sought-for tidbit of Pennsylvanian epicures, the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan! McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
She stared, rubbed her eyes, stared again, looked about, and could find nothing but the ortolan feathers. Willis the Pilot
The hills are a paradise for birds; the practice of snaring the wheatear for market has lately fallen into desuetude and the "Sussex ortolan" is becoming more numerous than it was a dozen years ago. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
Bernardini, a glowing little countess, as plump as an ortolan, dimpling with smiles, an ugly old husband at her side—comes next. The Italians
I found Fritz and Jack had been shooting ortolans; they had killed about fifty, but had consumed so much powder and shot, that I checked a prodigality so imprudent in our situation. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
No more ortolans and transporting vintages for them. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
After we have discussed some Chambertin and a few ortolans, we will pass on to the question of the critic considered in the light of the interpreter. Intentions
To live reading such reviews and die eating ortolans - sich is my aspiration. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1
They shot partridges, ptarmigans, and snow ortolans, which are delicious eating. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
My wife showed me a cask of ortolans she had preserved in butter, and a quantity of loaves of cassava bread, carefully prepared. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
He is to be found in myriads among the reeds of the Delaware, banqueting on their seeds; grows corpulent with good feeding, and soon acquires the unlucky renown of the ortolan. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies
The ortolans were delightful, and the Chambertin perfect, and now let us return to the point at issue. Intentions
His son, Pope Leo X., had eaten his last ortolan, had flown his last falcon, had listened to his last comedy, and hummed his last tune, in the frescoed corridors of the Vatican. Literary and Social Essays
After the ceremony there was an entertainment in Portland Place, and the world ate ortolans and examined the presents. Endymion
We had Ernest's ortolans, and some fried ham and eggs, which made us a sumptuous repast. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
A Prince of the blood will propose a toast; there is another glass of champagne quaffed, another ortolan devoured; and then they rise and disperse. Coningsby
There are great varieties of eagles and hawks, and great numbers of small birds, particularly the rice-bird, which is very like the ortolan. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe
The larger ones are sent to London and potted, where they are by many as much esteemed as the ortolans of the continent. The Book of Household Management
They are really banquets; I cannot stand those ortolans stuffed with truffles and those truffles stuffed with ortolans. Endymion
Our work was interrupted by dinner, composed of ortolans, milk, and cheese. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
Blifil therefore looked on this human ortolan with greater desire than when he viewed her last; nor was his desire at all lessened by the aversion which he discovered in her to himself. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Yet a man who has only half as much food as he needs is indubitably starved, even though his short rations consist of ortolans and are served upon gold plate. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
It sometimes agglomerates in animals whom art or nature has so predisposed, such as pigs, fowls, ortolans and snipe. The Physiology of Taste
"Eight years ago, illustrious ladies," he gurgled, "I had nearly died one night of a surfeit of ortolans; and now it is of a surfeit of emptiness that I am perishing." The Valley of Decision
We had milk in abundance, smoked meat, and fish, the preserved ortolans, and cassava cakes. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
My dear Cecil," she said, helping herself to an ortolan in aspic, "I like your climate and I like your chef. Jeanne of the Marshes
One was a kind of thrush, the other a small dove called the ortolan, and esteemed a very great delicacy on account of its exquisite flavour. Swiss Family Robinson
Two dozen ortolans a la provencale, as the dish is described in the Cook's Secretary. The Physiology of Taste
For now that the siege was established, there was no more fish from the brook, nor hares and ortolans from the country-side. Love-at-Arms
Evening arrived, and an excellent supper of fish, ortolans, and potatoes refreshed us; and, after thanks to God, we retired to rest. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
Bring supper, I say, and let me have a pasty of ortolans.” The Little Duke
A good supply of wild pigeons and ortolans had been snared, partly cooked and preserved in lard. Swiss Family Robinson
Above all, there were ortolans, birds which thrive well in this part of the country. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot
There were ortolans, shot in the valley, done with truffles, that made the epicurean Gonzaga roll his eyes, translated through the medium of his palate into a very paradise of sensual delight. Love-at-Arms
The ortolans are kept in cages, and crammed, until they die of fat, then eaten as dainties. Travels through France and Italy
“I tell you, I do not care for pullets—I will have ortolans.” The Little Duke
I intended to shoot some more of the ortolans this morning, but there will be plenty of time afterwards. Swiss Family Robinson
I am not surprised that, in spite of their cost, these scoundrels produced so many ortolans, and ordered so many bottles of good wine! The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot
We have sparrows and water-wagtails, one species of crow, ducks, geese, and common fowls; pigeons, teal, ortolans, plovers, snipes like those in Europe; but others, entirely unlike European birds, would fill a volume. Life of William Carey
It would do your heart good to see Robert; he eats like a ploughman, if ploughmen ever devour poulets a la Marengo, or ortolans a la Provencale. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1
Louis served us with the mien of a major-domo, and set on each dish as though it had been a peacock or a mess of ortolans. Under the Red Robe
Well, sir, she had all of mine and more; and when all was gone in wine and dice, woodcocks' brains and ortolans' tongues, I met the witch walking with another man. 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
Oh, better, no doubt, is a dinner of herbs, When season'd by love, which no rancor disturbs, And sweeten'd by all that is sweetest in life, Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten in strife! Lucile
This," she remarked, with a little satisfied sigh as she selected an ortolan, "is a very satisfactory place to be carried off to. The Yellow Crayon
"My letter of recommendation!" cried d'Artagnan, "my letter of recommendation! or, the holy blood, I will spit you all like ortolans!" The Three Musketeers
I was left entirely defenceless, and he could have spitted me like an ortolan just by extending his arm, but he refrained; he let me go unscathed. Captain Fracasse
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