| 单词 | posset |
| 例句 | An army of servants clad in bright blue livery for the new king bore jugs of posset and poured spiced wine in pewter goblets stamped with the seal of Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Far more appetizing is a lemon posset, for which you bring two cups of cream and a half cup of sugar to a low boil until it thickens, about 10 minutes. Perspective | Whether custards, cobblers or clafoutis, fruit desserts make a perfect finale 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z But this season London is on our doorstep with Sunday roasts, afternoon tea and lemon posset. London Flavors Head West 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Under the entry “posset,” Baret prints “posset curd,” the latter word firmly underlined. ‘Shakespeare’s Beehive’ review: Are these notes and scribbles the Bard’s? 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Or it can be used to make lemon possets: a classic British pudding made with just three ingredients — cream, lemon and sugar. A Delicate Dessert That Puts the Whole Lemon to Use 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z A “posset” consists of hot milk curdled with ale, wine or hard liquor—and might well, you’d think, have sleep-inducing properties even if it weren’t laced with dangerous amounts of NyQuil. Shakespeare on drugs: The secret narcotic history of the world’s greatest playwright 2014-04-23T15:15:00Z Describing the poison that killed him, the ghost of Hamlet’s father says that “it doth posset/ And curd, like Aygre droppings into Milke.” ‘Shakespeare’s Beehive’ review: Are these notes and scribbles the Bard’s? 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The tables had been taken over the previous day by Copenhagen chef collective Rødder who served up a lunch of peas and homemade bacon, chicken liver pate, braised pork with crackling, and lemon posset. Roskilde becomes the festival for foodies 2013-07-12T10:21:00Z While possets can contain a variety of ingredients — ranging from ginger to star anise — the Queen actually liked hers quite simply made with just lemon, sugar, cream and Amaretti cookies. What did the Queen's royal menu look like? The former royal chef is spilling the beans 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z On special occasions, the lemon posset may also be flavored with orange juice or alcohol as well. What did the Queen's royal menu look like? The former royal chef is spilling the beans 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z In its place now is a delicate lemon posset with an intense sauce of pulped passion fruit. A Chip Shop That’s Not a Chip Shop: Dame, in the Village 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Instead, you will learn the history of fixes, fizzes, cups, slings and possets, and how each category is defined by an essential ingredient. John Besh’s Apron Supports a Cause 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z My most recent dessert obsession is another English confection called a posset, originally a drink made by curdling milk with wine or beer. Perspective | Whether custards, cobblers or clafoutis, fruit desserts make a perfect finale 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The posset, though, is a small miracle, an eggless custard of sugar, lemon juice and cream scented with Earl Grey tea, dressed up with Cara Cara orange wedges and a few Earl Grey meringues. Refined British Restaurant Found Hiding in a Brooklyn Bar 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z "Lots of babies cry, or they posset, or they get a little minor rash or something," said Michael Perkin, a pediatric allergist based in the U.K. When it comes to infant milk allergies, many questions remain 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z If a zingy, citrus-based pud is more up your street, this effortless lemon posset only has three ingredients and takes five minutes to make. How to create a romantic dinner for two on a budget 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z When you are ready to serve, top each posset with a few macerated raspberries and a bit of the syrup. 20 best easy pudding recipes: part 3 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z While culinary historians debate its exact lineage, most agree eggnog originated from the early medieval Britain “posset,” a hot, milky, ale-like drink. The Fascinating Histories Behind 9 of Your Favorite Foods 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z If a posset sounds familiar, that’s because it’s a foodstuff that is currently experiencing a mini-revival on restaurant dessert menus, where it usually takes the form of a lemon-flavored set and soured custard. A Short and Sweet History of Winter Boozing 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z "Many of those recipes originated from tavern fare in England - flips, nogs and possets." Is it safe to drink cocktails with raw egg? 2013-10-01T11:04:31Z Maybe Mr Nye should have brought them all a Duchy Originals goody bag, including shortbreads, camomile tea and a tub of gooseberry posset. Prince Charles's secretary tries to get Duchy tax ducks in a row 2013-07-15T17:32:54Z A dull red fire was glowing comfortably on the hearthstone, before which a posset stool was standing. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z By the 13th century, monks were known to drink a posset with eggs and figs. The Fascinating Histories Behind 9 of Your Favorite Foods 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z She took the posset from the trivet, and, lifting the lid of the cup, looked in. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z By this time the farmer, who was unusually meek, had been put to bed and made to drink hot possets and all the rest of it, in hopes of warding off another bad rheumatic attack. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z "Are we not to sniff a posset?" he demanded, in injured surprise. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Meantime," said he, "we will while away the interval over a posset of Bristol milk. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The landlady of the ‘White Horse’ took me in hand, and I was thawed gradually by the kitchen fire, placed between warm pillows, and dosed with a posset of her own compounding. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z The man was warming the posset, but he rose hastily and handed it. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Ale possets also constituted a favourite part of the festive suppers, and were given to strangers for breakfast before the introduction of tea. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z And two or three possets to be eaten: May I not put in that, madam? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z "I canna pay for possets an' puddins recommended by auld wives; an' a doctor is far ayont my degree or ability." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Mrs. Flora Carwell was going up the great staircase with a posset for the Judge in a china bowl, on a little silver tray. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z Madam from the vicarage, in her grogram, learned in syrups, salves, and possets? Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z "Ah! well, take it now, child," said the good man, pouring half his warm posset into an old china bowl, and pushing it toward her. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Give me instead a mug of hot posset. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z Her head ached, she said, but she declined the hot posset, and only asked to be left quiet. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z Having raised the lid of the posset dish, and flavoured it contents, David pronounced it "savoury;" when, taking spoon in hand, he cleared out the vessel in a twinkling. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 I can twist a bandage, make a posset, mix a medicine, feed the sick. Maid Sally Ruth stirred the posset languidly with her spoon, and strove to swallow a little; but the effort almost choked her. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Perhaps she would even have been taken ill had not Dame Sarah, there and then, insisted upon her swallowing a hot wine-and-nutmeg posset. Pretty Michal "Dear, I hope so," answered Mrs. Thimbleby, tremulously; "but I do wish he would try a hot posset of a night, just before going to bed." A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z 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 There was a misty legend sometimes floating around the clubs, that “the Colonel,” after the method of Cleopatra, had dissolved his wife’s fortune in a posset, and swallowed it years before. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale, but spicèd wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glitt'ring hearth. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer "I will thank you for a posset," she said, taking off her bonnet and smoothing her milk-white hair with both hands. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Was it for her, a poor, ignorant woman, presumptuously to supplement, as it were, the protection of Providence, and to insist on the saintly preacher's drinking her posset? A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z The serving-man, not perceiving the applicability of the remark, although somewhat surprised at it, made no reply, but again pressed the posset on the suffering martyr. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 ‘No, sire,’ I replied, ‘I would not kneel to a usurper; the Esmond that would have served your Majesty will never be groom to a traitor's posset.’ Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges "The boat was washed up on our shore, just as his Highness the King rode past," explained old Elspeth, who was stirring some posset over the fire, and listening to the story. Tales From Scottish Ballads Yes," answered the landlady, "there is more refreshment in a cup of warm posset, than in quarts of tea from China. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The caudle cup, sometimes called a posset cup, is met with both without and with cover, and in some instances it is accompanied by a stand or tray. Chats on Household Curios How the coals glow between the bars, how the red light shimmers on the black-lead bricks, how the posset steams upon the hob! The Nebuly Coat Knowing what a posset of contradictions we all are, it feels a symptom of shame at the thought that our friend knows all our frailties and yet thinks us worth affection. Pipefuls When lads and lasses merry be, With possets and with junkets fine; Unseen of all the company, I eat their cakes and sip their wine! English Songs and Ballads Come to the table, grandame, and sup the posset while it is hot. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Get thee into bed beside a good fire, and bid Hopkins mix thee a posset such as he would have for himself. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims But you don't mind me, no more than a dead horse does a pair of spectacles; if you did, the sweet words which I utter would be like a treacle posset to your palates. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale but spiced wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glittering hearth. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Could she not guide the house, and rule the maids, and get in the stores, and hinder waste, and make the pasties, and brew the possets? The Armourer's Prentices She had travelled all day without tasting food, and the posset took her from a very painful train of thought. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals And to-morrow I doubt not but I can offer you a posset of white flour and sugar and spice and all sorts of comfortable things. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims "Good again—give him my most humble commendations, and ask him to share thy boasted posset of wine with me." The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 But feeling ill as I did, the sounds of revelry combined with the posset only to soothe me into a heavy slumber. The Rose of Old St. Louis In Derbyshire, on this night, a cold posset used to be prepared, made of milk, ale, eggs, currants, and spices, and in it is placed the hostess's wedding ring. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide When the posset drink came to her, she took a little.... A Book of Quaker Saints Boiled with some of the leaves and stalks they form, if sweetened with honey, or barley sugar, an excellent posset drink for the same purpose. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure In Yorkshire it was the first thing eaten on Christmas morning, just as ale posset was the last thing drunk on Christmas Eve. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Its mistress, Joan Colt, was, when she married, a country girl, cleverer at making possets and drying herbs than at reading books or playing on the viol. The Red Book of Heroes Ale posset, or milk and ale posset as some call it, is made in this wise. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Then she said to her Mother, 'I desire thee to give me a little clear posset drink, then I will see if I can have a little rest and sleep before I die.' A Book of Quaker Saints Add quarter of a pint of sack, three-quarters of a pint of ale and make a posset of it. Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. Hang up your juleps, and your Portugal possets, Your barley broths and sorrel soups; they are mangy And breed the scratches only: Give me sack! History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour We sipped hot posset, and talked of our partners. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The bowl of ale posset is then placed in the centre of the table. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Cluffe hied straight to his lodgings, and ordered a sack posset. The House by the Church-Yard Cousin Euphrasia overheard the admission and recommended the quiet of up stairs, drawn curtains and possets. The Quickening Dyson hurried away with the posset, and the two girls stood gazing at each other, a light of welcome and amaze in both their eyes. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The lady with the cup of posset held it in readiness, and the ladies with the Cream of Lilies, the violet and almond pomade and the ivory hair-brush looked anxious to begin their duties. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories At nine or ten o'clock is brewed a large bowl of 'poor man's punch'—ale posset! A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide His relations with Cromwell had never broken their friendship; and probably he still made possets for her at Somerset House as he had done in the old days. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened The bag at Granny's feet, the stimulating posset drunk, Charlotte felt easier about her charge and went next at the task of making her comfortable for the remainder of the night. Mrs. Red Pepper The door was softly pushed open, and a clear voice asked: "Is Mistress Dowsabel's hot posset ready, Dyson? she has asked for it more than once." The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot So he brought us over to his own house, and ordered us bread and cheese and a posset; for it was Friday, an' we couldn't touch mate. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three When seven shilling gold pieces were in circulation, this was the coin always thrown into the posset. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Here be sack possets, junkets and cream, for such as like them—French puffs and Italian puddings, right good, I warrant you, and especially admired by my honourable good lady. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest There was a deep wood fire, upheld by very tall andirons having cups in their tops, which afterwards I learned were called posset cups. Lazarre The fear that the guests were in did cause such a smell, that the bridegroom did call for perfumes; and instead of a posset, he was fain to make use of cold beer. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' The thievin' cook, however, in makin' the posset, kept the curds to herself, except a slight taste here and there, that floated on the top; but she was liberal enough of the whey, any how. The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The epilogue ends, incorrigibly, with a promise to "posset and cosset" the cavilling reader henceforward with "nettle-broth," good for the sluggish blood and the disordered stomach. Robert Browning Then here be fritters in the court fashion, made with curds of sack posset, eggs and ale, and seasoned with nutmeg and pepper. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Yes, that was a posset to quench one's thirst withal; I only wish I had a cupful to give you. Willis the Pilot What, shall we brew us possets by the fire And let the wild rose shiver on the brier. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 This very same conscience was sold in a closet, Nor for a baked loaf, or a loaf in a losset, But a sweet sugar-plum, which you put in a posset. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Almost immediately then Lord Claud called loudly for the host, and bade him bring him instantly a hot posset, as he had had a touch of ague in the night. Tom Tufton's Travels Put a wedding ring into the posset, and after serving it out, the unmarried person whose cup contains the ring will be the first of the company to be married. Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 Here is a cake of bread to keep you from hunger, and a flagon of good posset to keep you warm -- 'tis your nightly allowance. The Thirsty Sword Take twelve peony seeds, and beat them into a very fine powder, and let her drink them in a draught of hot cardus posset, and let her sweat after. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Not being certain that she was not delirious, she bade her nurse draw her curtains, and bring her some posset. Cock Lane and Common-Sense But he recites some excellent dishes which made their appearance at Oliver's table: Dutch puddings, Scotch collops of veal, marrow puddings, sack posset, boiled woodcocks, and warden pies. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine "No, not I," says I. "No; so I believe, nor they you," says he; "if they did, the good wife would not have made you a posset, and fetched a white loaf for you." Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. And then he began to pace his rounds, leaving the cake of bread and the flagon of posset by the gate of the sheepfold. The Thirsty Sword As sure, as if the sack posset were already eaten. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 Thrice the nurse came in with posset, and thrice drew back in dread. Cock Lane and Common-Sense And, truly, so they may: one lichen is already used as a blessed medicine in asthma; and another to thicken milk, as a nutritive posset. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 A posset was a drink of milk curdled with an acid liquid. p. Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. Not long had he been thus engaged when the heavy dew made him feel cold, and he took a good drink of the posset. The Thirsty Sword The Judge Leaves His House Mrs. Flora Carwell was going up the great staircase with a posset for the Judge in a china bowl, on a little silver tray. Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle The appearance then vanished, and for the fourth time the nurse drew the curtains, but, on this occasion, she presented the invalid with the posset. Cock Lane and Common-Sense It is a bottle of ginger posset which Mrs. Burton has sent over for Mr. Selincourt. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods "By my mother's advice, I have eaten twenty leaves of rue, two roasted figs, and two pickled walnuts for breakfast, washing them down with an ale posset, with pimpernel seethed in it." Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire I prayed her to have a posset, or some aqua-vitae, and to get to bed and sleep a little for her health’s sake, but she answered me she was afraid she might dream. The Duchess of Padua I met the young maid on the stairs with a blue mug; she was going for some milk to make a sack posset. She Stands Accused Could she not guide the house, and rule the maids, and get in the stores, and hinder waste, and make the pasties, and brew the possets? The Armourer's Prentices His situation went far, in his patron's opinion, to infer trick and confederacy, for ghosts have no occasion to drug men's possets. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The fear of a drug in my posset would not repel me so inevitably as the horror with which I should contemplate the frost-bitten face of a portrait such as I have described. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" As my friend had been sitting in cold water, I got him out when the coast was clear, and made him go to bed, where the housekeeper sent him a treacle posset. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 When the posset was brought he turned himself into a bear, frightened them all away, and had it all to himself. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland His genius had been nursed on sack posset, and not on dishes of tea. Henry Fielding: a Memoir Cortius omits the non before posset, but almost every other editor, except Allen, has retained it, from a conviction of necessity. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War My wife will not be happy unless you take a cup of posset before you start. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire At the poorest dwelling there were possets and cakes, joking and dancing, sugared saints and gilded Jésus. A Dog of Flanders She longed to make up for him one of the many appetising possets well known at Wilton, but her mother and Ralf the cook both scouted her first proposal. Grisly Grisell At the poorest dwelling there were possets and cakes, sugared saints and gilded Jesus. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 "No, uncle," I answered, "I feel I am getting better, it is not worth while; I am even going to get up to make you your posset." The Grip of Desire Then, the maid coming, he bids her warm a bed and prepare a hot posset against Moll was tucked up in the blankets. A Set of Rogues In order that he might be strong enough to travel, Mrs. Lecount prepared a favourite posset for him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Enter HARVEST, _with a scythe on his neck, and all his reapers with sickles, and a great black bowl with a posset in it, borne before him; they come in singing. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 My Lord of Carlile's sack posset, how it's made: Take a pottle of cream and boil in it a little whole cinnamon and three or four flakes of mace. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come He suffered a little from his chest, and every evening my aunt used to carry him up a posset. The Grip of Desire Then more shouting for joy when the bowls of wassail and posset come in, and all standing to give three times three for their new mistress and her husband. A Set of Rogues The posset she brewed she compelled her mistress to swallow. The Unwilling Vestal As lusty as they are, they run on the score with George's wife for their posset; and God knows who shall pay goodman Yeoman for his wheat sheaf. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 It appears, also, that wherever the mahogany did most groan, wherever the possets were spiced most delicately to the nose, there too did Sir Kenelm bib and tuck himself. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come So I used to take him up his posset every evening. The Grip of Desire I never stirred out of my bed seven months, nor during that time eat flesh, nor fish, nor bread, but sage posset drink, and pancake or eggs, or now and then a turnip or carrot. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. Mrs. Elmwood let Rusha come on many an afternoon to help her sister, and always bringing some posset, or cordial, or dainty of some sort to tempt the invalid. Under the Storm They were too fond of him to scold him or to jeer at him; they made him go quickly to his bed, and his mother made him a warm milk posset and kissed him. Bimbi Moreover, Annora was hovering over me, looking perfectly innocent, and intent on making me rest, and feeding me upon possets, and burning to hear my story. Stray Pearls Veronica, Veronica," he cried, "my posset; what are you doing then? The Grip of Desire As tender as Parnell, who broke her finger in a posset drink. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Do you take her up to your room and lend her some dry clothing; then make her a cup of warm posset, which she needs sorely. St. George for England He took a deep draught of the posset, and as he set it down he heard Lionel's step without. The Sea-Hawk All this was interspersed with motherly advice how to treat the sick lady, and receipts for cordials and possets; for Johanna began to regard the case as a sort of second-hand one of her own. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest Depend upon it that cold is hanging about you yet; I am sure it is—I have thought of it continually; and you must let me make a posset for you.’ Wessex Tales The mystery of her is taking the flesh off my bones, and I can only get sleep by taking strong possets, M�re Malheur! The Golden Dog I never," said my lady, "could have come to see his Majesty's posset carried by any other hand than an Esmond. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne He thirsted and would have emptied the measure of posset, but that Sir Oliver restrained him, and refused him anything but water lest he should contract a fever. The Sea-Hawk He looked more uncomfortable at this, but he answered boldly enough that he had served a posset, some lemon water, and some milk. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Nicolete, thou lily white, My sweet lady, bright of brow, Sweeter than the grape art thou, Sweeter than sack posset good In a cup of maple wood! Aucassin and Nicolete If the helm is refused them, they drug the captain's posset, bind him hand and foot, and take possession of the ship. The Republic They were too fond of him to scold him or to jeer at him; they made him go quickly to his bed, and his mother made him a warm milk posset, and kissed him. Findelkind "I've brewed ee a posset o' canary sack," announced Nicholas; "there'm no better supping o' a frosty winter's night, Sir Oliver." The Sea-Hawk "But orders were given only for the lemon-water and the posset," I said. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France But what I thought most of it for was, that it did no harm to the head of the drinkers, which was not always the case with the possets that were in fashion before. The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder Thou shalt have possets, wassails fine, Not made of ale, but spiced wine; To make thy maids and self free mirth, All sitting near the glitt'ring hearth. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick "I think that there is only your posset, sire," I said, "and the lemon-water which you generally drink." From the Memoirs of a Minister of France Nicholas reported the fellow to be much as he had been, whereupon Sir Oliver took up a cup and brimmed it with the steaming posset. The Sea-Hawk You drank, my good fellow, of the posset and the lemon water, and you tasted the milk, but you did not drink of it. From the Memoirs of a Minister of France "A quantity of the King's posset, and a little lemonade." From the Memoirs of a Minister of France |
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