| 单词 | pottage |
| 例句 | I had tried to sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If he was as quick in preparing the greens for the dinner pottage, he could go down to Mr. Richard’s house and talk to Harrison for a little while before Master and Olanna came back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The deacons struck the pottage part from the record. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Put the rest of the pottage in the fridge.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z According to Temp, the deacons voted to put it in the church records that “Mary Willis Blakeslee has swapped her religious birthright for a mess of matrimonial pottage.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He’s Esau, consumed by the desire to trade back his mess of pottage for his birthright. Breaking Bad Watch: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? 2012-08-20T12:00:18Z Yet there’s no glue — not a whiff of life or a single substantial, grounding directorial idea — that makes this pottage work scene to scene. Review: ‘The Snowman’ Is a Thrill-Free Thriller Tied in Knots 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z In short, Martin Luther King, Jr., refused to sell his soul for a mess of pottage. “His dream was for all poor and working people to live lives of decency and dignity” 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z This spice blend is not only used for pepper soup but also for ukodo, a pottage based on pepper soup, thickened with yams, plantains, or other tubers. The seven pantry essentials in my Nigerian kitchen 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It fell into their hands as the fruit of Hitler's satanic ability to mesmerize enough Germans to trade their birthright for a pottage of scapegoating, short-term economic gain, xenophobia, and racism. "He learned from studying Hitler's speeches": Leading civil rights lawyer on 20 ways Trump is a copy 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z In effect, for a mess of pottage, a public school sold an inflated but permanent artistic legacy to a private citizen. Best of 2022: The biggest art stories mattered more than soup thrown on a Van Gogh 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Isn’t that what our nation has been stewing in these past few years — a medieval pottage of religious extremism, anti-science sneering, conspiracy theories and ill-conceived, ragtag, spear-and-pole crusades? Perspective | We’re living in the new Dark Ages — and it’s time to turn on the light 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Usually I cook a stew or a pottage, which is a bit like porridge but with barley instead of oats; sometimes we do meat on the spit, flatbreads or oatcakes. Battle of Hastings revisited: hundreds re-enact conflict of 1066 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z For the sake of partisanship — for a mess of pottage — some conservatives are surrendering their identity. Conservatives make a deal with the devil 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z "What people mainly ate was vegetable based dishes, so the discovery of pottage isn't a great surprise, as meat was something saved for special occasions." Bronze Age houses: What the finds tell us - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The tarnished mirror reflects instead just a constitutional mess of pottage. House of Lords: 100 years of strife - BBC News 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z You could call it a culture, but it was more of a participatory elegy for our own preempted lives, surrendered in advance for a pottage of depersonalized amusements. Gamergate And The Unbearable Maleness Of Computers 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Putting it in biblical terms, the venerable accounting firms were selling their birthright for a mess of pottage. Confidence Games - How The Most Prestigious Accounting Firms Raided The Treasury 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The chief food during Lent, besides bread and salt fish, was dried peas, which could be boiled or made into pottage. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Not once as Esau, but again and again we barter peace of conscience and fellowship with God and the hope of holiness, for what is, in simple fact, no more than a bowl of pottage. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Scald not your lips in another man's pottage. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z And in so doing she had sacrificed his confidence; had sold her birthright for a mess of pottage. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z No other one of the vessel's company cared to share his pottage. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Shane, like the rest, must sell his mess of pottage at the best market--his so long as it was not claimed. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Esau would now very gladly have given a mess of pottage for the blessing that secured to its receiver “the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z "All right, Jacob, I suppose I must sell my birthright for a mess of pottage." Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z Told without a tremor, he had recited the evils from the day he had married her up until the day she had sold her birthright for a mess of pottage. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Not to take their proffered pottage would be a great affront. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The points to be discussed may be summarized as follows: Taking advantage of a brother in distress.—Jacob purchases the birthright for a mess of pottage. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z “We barter life for pottage; sell true bliss For wealth or power, for pleasure or renown; Thus, Esau-like, our Father’s blessing miss, Then wash with fruitless tears our faded crown.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Once Esau returned weary from hunting, as Jacob was making a mess of pottage. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Thou shalt not laugh nor speak nothing While thy mouth be full of meat or drink; Nor sup thou not with great sounding Neither pottage nor other thing. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Scribner's" concludes: "It is not desirable that a man should sell his birthright for a mess of pottage, even if he gets the pottage. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z The pot was not washed; it still contained the remains of the pottage. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z He wished both of two irreconcilable things—both the red pottage and the birth right. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Perhaps she had sold her woman's birthright for red pottage, and had borne the penalty, not with an exceeding bitter cry, but in an exceeding bitter silence. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z If Esau had sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, Isaac was about to give away the blessing for a mess of venison. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z The next generation became gradually less nice and scrupulous, demanded more spice in their pottage, and attached less importance to the prominence of an ethical precept. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z Before starting, he had rubbed some of the pottage mess on his hand and tongue. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z "It would be a mess of pottage, and you mustn't sell your heritage for it, any more than I." Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z "After the red pottage comes the exceeding bitter cry." Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z A mess of pottage is better than a title to Canaan. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Then, indeed, it seemed that he was in danger of “bartering his birthright for a mess of pottage.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Insert the probe! gilded illusion—"mess of pottage"—vermin infested and stenchful. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z The diet of Bethlem Hospital allows animal food three times a week, and on the other days bread with cheese, or occasionally butter, together with milk pottage, rice milk, &c. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z They see his black hand thrust itself between them when their own are reaching after the dish of pottage. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: so Esau despised his birthright. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z They have bartered their birthright for a mess of pottage.” William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z You see, when I got the money to buy that piano and the ‘noise wagon’ I practically sold my prospects for a last mess of pottage. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Poor Dannecker found his mess of pottage bitter now and then, as you shall hear. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z The Baronet, so proud of his title, had sold himself for a mess of pottage. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z "For the mess of pottage of an agreeable situation, they will sell the birthright of their most sacred feelings." On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z I know one young fellow who has, as I believe, already sold his birthright of truth and honor for a mess of pottage and there are others of his ilk. An American 2011-07-12T02:00:38.043Z There was a high price to pay for it,—a birthright for a mess of pottage. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z The moment there is a bargain over the pottage, the family relation is dissolved;—typically "the days of mourning for my father are at hand." Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z When the sons of the prophet shred the wild vine into the pot, there was death in the pottage. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z For the mess of pottage of gratified vanity or an interesting situation, as the prince had said yesterday, she had bartered the birthright of the holiest feeling. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Is it that we have “sold our birthright for a mess of pottage?”—that we have bartered “our being’s end and aim” for a purse of gold? Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z To the pope they offered a mess of pottage in the shape of annates and the right of canonical institution, in order to induce him to sell the Church of France to the king. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z His aspect was so cold that it chilled the pottage; his look so sharp that it turned the wine sour. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Esau sold his birthright, with all that it implied, for a mess of pottage. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z The Young Barbarians, when Rome's ecclesiastical polity got hold of them, were persuaded by their anxious foster-mother to sell their Scandinavian birthright of imagination for an unintelligible, theopathic mess of mystic Gr�co-Syrian pottage. A Syrup of the Bees 2011-04-23T02:00:04.300Z With the spread and development of civilization the price of pottage has gone up. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z It remains to be seen how long voters with American pedigrees will be influenced by demagogues who would induce them to part with their birthright for a mess of pottage burnt on the bottom. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z Gingerly they dipped their fingers into the pottage of reality. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z “Don’t wager your birthright on that; you’d lose even the mess of pottage.” Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Sour bread, made from teff, barley, and wheat, is eaten with a stimulating pottage of onions, red pepper, and salt. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z To-day we can afford to laugh at poor ignorant and deluded Jacob who let his pottage go for a mess of birthright. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z It's part of the mess of pottage we received when we sold our birthright on that memorable morning when Bl�riot flew across the Channel. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Some times a kind of pottage is made of the corn. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z No doubt a very honourable dish and a most ancient and Christian pottage; but I am not quite sure that I should like it, if it were proffered to me now. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z If progress must come at the price of selling a boy's birthright for a mess of pottage, it is a pity some one cannot smite her with the edge of a sword. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Many old Negroes after the Civil War preferred to remain with their former masters; but certainly no young woman of the type of Emmeline would sell her birthright for a mess of pottage. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z This was the “mess of pottage” for which so many unprincipled Southern men, in the Federal Navy, sold their “birthright.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I must have registered shock for when Paul asks me to chip in, the words "birthright" and "mess of pottage" escape my lips. Behold, Newstralia 2010-04-09T16:54:00Z Perhaps if he could avert total ruin, he might yet have opportunity to reclaim the confidence of these Esaus who had traded for a mess of pottage. The Law of Hemlock Mountain They were no longer free to serve their real master, but had sold their intellectual birthright for a mess of official pottage. The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them; They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man "The King: 'Yes, that may be very easily maintained by my loving cousin; but he must defend it, and not, like Esau, sell it for a mess of pottage.'" Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. People praised God, carried the pitcher to the well, filled it, and poured a quart of water into the pottage. Yiddish Tales He fed it with pottage and milk, which it ate with avidity. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Thus they clustered round and discussed both plans and pottage as they dipped their spoons into the steaming olla. The Firebrand What good shall this birthright do to me, said the hungry hunter, mad for the mess of pottage which the thrifty Jacob sold. Misread Passage of Scriptures We shall be poisoned in our pottage by these false and hollow knaves. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency I hate your French pottage, that looks as the cook-maid had more hand in it than the cook. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 And Esau bartered his birthright for a mess of pottage. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel "I have yet to see the woman I would give a brass farthing to marry, or for whose mess of connubial pottage I would sell my good bachelor's birthright." The Firebrand His every act had expressed his contempt of it, and the sale of the birthright for a mess of pottage but completed the witness that he was a profane person, a pagan at heart. Misread Passage of Scriptures Supper, a messe of pottage, a piece of mutton and a reward from the kitchen. English Costume It is the spirit of Esau, who bartered the right of the first-born to the promise of the covenant for one mess of pottage. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews I could give my life, I could work for nothing, gladly and cheerfully, if it were for some noble end, but I can’t sell it for a mess of pottage! The Daughters of a Genius "A hungry imposter practising for a mess of pottage." The Bible Story What good shall this birthright do to me, he moaned when the mess of pottage steamed before his hungry senses; and the crown rolled in the dust. Misread Passage of Scriptures The oatmeal is usually cooked in one way, as brose, as it is called, which is a different sort of pottage to porridge. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 "And you regret that the mess of pottage has not been bigger." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Selling their birthright for a mess of pottage! Assassin Will it be the portrait of a people who sold its birthright for a mess of pottage? The Pentecost of Calamity A lake of juicy pottage Under a cream of oozy lard Lay 'twixt it and the sea. Ancient Irish Poetry If it is our birth-right, let us not sell it for a mess of pottage, nor suffer it to be torn from us by the hand of violence.” Essays on the Constitution of the United States He regales his guests with good pottage, new milk, and old tokay. Pretty Michal What, shalt thou do thy duty for the sake of the reward, the mess of pottage it brings, O wretch? Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy Through the fusion and confusion of Church and State the Germans have sold their spiritual birthright for a mess of pottage. German Problems and Personalities You can't expect it, Mr. Cospatric——" "Of course I can't expect you to sell your chances for a mess of pottage; still less need you have thought me idiot enough to do such a thing. The Recipe for Diamonds Canada must not sell her birthright for a mess of Yankee pottage. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage; pretty cheap, was it not? Men of the Bible Twenty-five thousand dollars, Mrs. Davis, is a considerable sum of money, but it is a small mess of pottage compared with what awaits you in the hands of the Washington Trust Company. Clark's Field They have lost their birthright, but they have not secured the pottage. German Problems and Personalities Oh, Esau, Esau, you were faint and hungry in that elder day when you drank the red pottage and sold your birthright. In the Heart of a Fool He casts a clean cloth on the green, and sets before them cakes, butter, milk, and pottage. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century They subsequently arrested one of Escovedo's female slaves who must have been employed to prepare the pottage; and, upon this proof, they hung her in the public square at Madrid, though she was innocent. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The tone of public appreciation is raised to a high quality only when the artist refuses to sell his soul for a mess of pottage. Italy, the Magic Land The Germans had sold their birthright to the Hohenzollern for a mess of pottage. German Problems and Personalities Oh, Esau, Esau, what a pottage it was that you drank in the elder day! In the Heart of a Fool Full fifteen monks he knock’d down when No pottage he espied, And up he hung fifteen because The herrings were not fried. The Serpent Knight and other ballads But to return to our theme: to deny our interest in the past is to throw away our heritage, to sell our mess of pottage to the lowest bidder. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College More hungry to feast their eyes than to satisfy physical cravings, many hastened to Fontainebleau, content with Madame Busque's thin pottage if they could but spend their days among the trees. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The pottage gave forth a most appetizing odor, and the Prince hastily plunged in his spoon and began to eat. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Crime and shame and death were in that red pottage, and its bitterness still burns our hearts. In the Heart of a Fool The whole eight opened their mouths wide, filled as they were with the pottage, and replied in concert, in a sing-song, “It grows in the water.” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal I have often tried to do the same but the result has always been that pot and pottage have been burnt together. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) For if such, and such only, be his inalienable birthright, were it not most wisely exchanged for a mess of pottage? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject And so, Sir Robert Cecil, you have sold your soul to the devil for a mess of pottage, a mess of poisoned pottage! The Buccaneer A Tale I took a mess of some adulterated pottage at a foreign restaurant in Notting Hill, as I had no wish to return to Bloomsbury before the Demonstration. The Message Like Esau, they will sell their birthright cheerfully for a mess of pottage; and they are the raw material of half the tragedies in the world. Captain Desmond, V.C. Here is a bowl of hot pottage and a warm cake for thee, Naomi. Christmas Light By the same fire to boil their pottage, Two poor old Dames, as I have known, Will often live in one small cottage; But she, poor woman! housed alone. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets The preacher gulped down a ladleful of the pottage, and gasped for another, unmindful of his own precept, while the gravy lingered on his lips. The Buccaneer A Tale Each mess was to have only two sorts of victuals, and it was prescribed how far one could mix sauce with his pottage, except on feast days, when three courses, at most, were allowable. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature On returning one day from hunting he was faint from hunger, and cast a greedy eye on some pottage that Jacob had prepared. Ancient States and Empires Naomi ate her lentil pottage and munched her cake leisurely in a quiet corner, but she had long finished her meal when Aunt Miriam was at last satisfied and ready to start. Christmas Light The pottage was first served, and when this course was eaten, the vessels and spoons were removed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The moment there is a bargain over the pottage, the family relation is dissolved:—typically, "the days of mourning for my father are at hand." The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing You began your brandy pottage too early tonight, Mother. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... It was about eight hundred and fifty years before Christ when the young prophet cried out to his master, Elisha, over the pottage of wild gourds, “There is death in the pot!” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages One need not sell his individuality for a mess of pottage, as Esau sold his primogeniture. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 The people were civil and attentive, their bread wholesome, their pottage and bouilli good—being such fare as the people of the locality contrive to live and thrive upon. The Huguenots in France For though the Americans were few in number and much scattered, they were like the salt in a pottage, and men caught fire and the idea of "freedom" from them. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Sowens, pottage made of the dust in oatmeal seeds steeped and soured. The Proverbs of Scotland The land was the only property his poor father had left, and to sell it for twenty-five dollars seemed like parting with a birthright for a mess of pottage. The Erie Train Boy A name formerly applied to pottage, burgoo, or gruel. 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. After he'd stuffed himself with pottage and Chinese greens, and fried bacon, and a few other things round the camp, he got right talkative. The Desert Fiddler We read of Esau selling his birthright for a mess of red pottage, or a mess of red dal. The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan But she had not a word of censure for the heir who had consumed his mess of pottage. Ralph the Heir “I do,” replied one of his scholars:—“Esau made a bad bargain, when he sold his birth-right for a mess of pottage.” Anecdotes for Boys Such marionette tragedies mingled ever with the grander passion of seeing life as a ruined thing; her birthright to aspiring cleanness sold for a mess of quick-lunch pottage. The Job An American Novel Take salt with your knife, cut your bread, don’t fill your spoon too full, or sup your pottage. Early English Meals and Manners Nor was he deterred when Signor Salandra, the former Premier, called him Italy's evil spirit who, devoid of any patriotism, would have sold the Fatherland to the Central Powers for a mess of pottage. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Poor Jacob!" he crooned, "he has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage! Jack O' Judgment "He will agree to it," answers Floyd, in a tone not to be mistaken, since it implies the young man would dispose of his birthright any day for a mess of pottage. Floyd Grandon's Honor He sold them all, like Esau, for a mess of pottage. Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine Porridge, not originally limited to oatmeal, seems to be combined from pottage and Mid. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Nothing is more idle than to sell one's soul for a mess of pottage; for the pottage is not worth the price. The Life Radiant I heard a Jodeller In a Swiss cottage Eating a crust And a bowlful of pottage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916 So he argued with himself and even as he argued, yielded to a great temptation, and like Esau, sold his honour for a mess of pottage. Ten Boys from History Thou sold'st thy birthright, Esau! for a mess; Thou shouldst have gotten more, or eaten less; Now thou hast swilled thy pottage, thy demands Are idle; Israel says the bargain stands. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Indeed, we can hardly consent to sell our birthright for so poor a mess of pottage as this petty jealousy offers. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Man has not infrequently been willing to sell his soul for a mess of pottage—his chief concern being, not the loss of his soul, but the gain of the pottage. The Life Radiant A mess of pottage in itself is a very good thing—I should say, a very respectable thing; and no exchange can take away from it that character. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 Do you think I’ll sell my loyalty for a mess of pottage! The Island Home So we shall make men of them, independent and staunch, who may be counted on, who will not sell themselves for pottage, and who will have withal the faculty of being happy. The Simple Life “But if I thought yon fox was in any manner of fashion of way a-making up to my jewel,—I could find it in my heart to put rats-bane in his pottage!” Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada We do not think so meanly of our country that we are willing to sell it for a mess of pottage. The Ontario High School Reader But beware of insulting the mess of pottage, which is as respectable as when newly out of the pot. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 It seemed that she was willing, not, indeed, to sell her birthright for a mess of pottage, but to buy her birthright at the cost of complicity in monstrous crime. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Forty marks, scarcely more than the worth of the mess of pottage for which Esau sold his heritage, was the price accepted by Count Rodolphe for the commercial existence of Gruyère. The Counts of Gruyère “Cut it in two,” he answered, “and season our pottage with one-half of it at a time.” Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian They were altogether too independent and honorable to barter their class vote for a mess of pottage. Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore Oh! don't tell me of a worm selling his birthright for a mess of pottage: I never read of such worms in Buffon, or even in Pliny. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 He has, like Esau, bartered his birthright for a mess of pottage. Life and Conduct He was ready to sell his birthright, his privilege to be the forefather of Messiah, for a mess of pottage. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year If innocent happiness is the birthright of childhood, she clung to it steadfastly, and had not yet exchanged it for the red pottage of worldly wisdom. The Princess of the School “No, no,” said Pigtop, with much feeling—“you shall never suppose that the old sailor sold the birthright of his honour for a mess of pottage.” Rattlin the Reefer In Congress Chase, Sumner, Seward, and even moderates like Edward Everett denounced the ambitious politician from Illinois who had dared to “sell the birthright of the free States for a mess of pottage.” Expansion and Conflict Whether you make money or lose it, never sell your divine heritage, your good name, for a mess of pottage. Pushing to the Front Coming from one of the oldest families of Virginia, an heir to wealth and an honored name, he is but another example of the many who have sold their birth-right for a mess of pottage. The Four Pools Mystery Here the common mode of using it is to cut it in small squares, and boil it in the mandioc pottage, which is the principal food of the poorer inhabitants and the slaves. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 "What?" said his host, in accent rough, "Is not your pottage hot enough?" Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress But Kansas would not sell her birthright for a mess of pottage. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Sausage and herb pottage, dishes à la fourchette, and corresponding drams of strong spirit awaited them in the dining-room. A Hungarian Nabob Born in Ontario and experienced in the East as few editors have ever been, he surely knows the value of not surrendering our national birthright for a mess of free-trade pottage. The Masques of Ottawa The women were directed to prepare tasmanane and pottage in the best manner. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 Mr. Burrell giving a small dinner to four friends, offered them Pease pottage. Highways and Byways in Sussex That's enough in the way of cooks to spoil any pottage. On the Heels of De Wet Slavery from morn till night, beneath a broiling sun, or exposed to cold, rain, and hail, the coarsest of black bread and lentil pottage, formed his scanty meal; his associates the lowest type of humanity. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series It is a witch’s business presiding at the caldron of these things and there is no magic pottage above my fire. Journeys to Bagdad Some of the most opulent and powerful spirits ever seen on earth have scarcely done more than indicate what kind of birthrights they bartered away for a mess of pottage. The Joyful Heart We despite the degenerate Yank With his blood-spattered idol of gold, Who, his birthright, for cash in the bank, And political pottage has sold. War Rhymes by Wayfarer Also the leaves when boiled in pottage or broths for sick and feeble persons that have hot, weak, and feeble stomachs, do strengthen the same. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Their gifts to the Infant are a bell, a flask, a spoon to eat pottage with, and a cape. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Then man's gold No more shall manhood buy, or men be sold For pottage messes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Who would not exchange a mess of pottage for the benediction from a father's lips? Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Doubtless they were all Esaus; but would they sell their great birthright for so very small a mess of pottage? Phineas Redux Then the title got to include other broad-leaved herbs, all of the Sorrel kind, and used in pottage, or in medicine. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure It sold its birthright for no one knows what mess of pottage to pass its slavish days beneath a tyranny of the gavel. The President A novel It is the old story of the mess of pottage. The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict The pot may hold pottage, The place be a cottage, That a humble contentment defends, Only joy fills its coffer, But spite of the scoffer, There's the place where the rainbow ends. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar The writer recently walked through a French street of licensed vice, where strong young fellows were tossing away their birthright for a mess of pottage. With Our Soldiers in France Joseph's mess of pottage which he sold to Esau for his birthright was a preparation of the red Lentil: and the same food was the bread of Ezekiel. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure She felt safer, because a “mess of pottage” didn't sound attractive to her, and she did not think she would ever be tempted to spend her gold dollar for that. Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring Her truth is above all doubt; she will not sell her birthright for a mess of pottage.' Milly Darrell and Other Tales It is the mess of pottage to obtain which they have sold everything. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future His examination régime is the old offer of a mess of pottage for a birthright. The Vitalized School The name Pulsatilla is a diminutive of the Latin puls, a pottage, as made from pulse, and used at sacrificial feasts. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure He had her birthright, she had his pottage; let the matter end there, and each be satisfied. Princess This is what Jacob made the pottage of, when he tempted Esau and bought his birthright. The Women of the Arabs We all know instances of brilliant lawyers and powerful men who have thus sold their birthrights for messes of pottage. The Young Man and the World You British have sold your souls for something less than the conventional mess of pottage. The Half-Hearted To Hubert this dissipation would have seemed a small thing; to Martin such drinking, dicing, and brawling was simply selling his birthright for a mess of pottage. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, mother. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Here is kibby, and camel stew, and Esau's pottage, and olives, and rice, and figs cooked in dibbs, and chicken boiled to pieces, and white fresh cheese, and curdled milk, and fried eggs. The Women of the Arabs He loved the Blessed Virgin with singleness of heart, and on the seventh day of the week he abstained from one portion of pottage out of devotion to her. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes He might never live to enjoy his birthright; but the pottage was before him, present, certain, there. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series A message, a thought, a sincerity, a glance from him I want, but not news, nor pottage. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson For the rest of us, the issue was formulated by Gladstone sixty years ago: "You have our decision: take your own; choose between the mess of pottage and the birthright of the Bride of Christ." Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences It seemed to her as though he were yielding his birthright in exchange for a mess of pottage. The Moon out of Reach The man she was rating answered, and the clear voice came proudly again: "You have at least got the pottage that pleases you—you are a success in this Canadian world." What Necessity Knows With a thought I took for Maudlin, And a cruse of cockle pottage, And a thing thus—tall, Sky bless you all, I fell into this dotage. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I never thought much of Jacob buying poor Esau out for a mess of pottage. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Is there a man here base enough to sell his birthright for a mess of Mr. Lucre's pottage? Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Having sold their birthright, let us see what prospect our Northern Esaus have of gaining their mess of pottage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 She grew desperate in her confinement in a few days, and was ready to sell her birthright for a mess of pottage—ready to sacrifice her freedom in one way for her freedom in another. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week It was the old story of Esau's pottage, with thrice the villany. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 I trust that I shall never thus sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 It was like Esau selling his birthright for a mess of pottage. Ishmael Or, In the Depths You have not yet bartered away your magical influence for a mess of pottage. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India "Where are you going, Jacob?" said the tall stranger, calling him by his name, just as if he had eaten pottage out of the same dish with him. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk His Nose plainly proves, What pottage he loves. The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) The joints were placed at the upper end of the board, while broth and pottage steamed out their savoury fumes from the lower end of the table. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 No man can do justice to a mess of pottage by lying on his belly at a distance and frowning at it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 He had sold his birthright for red pottage. Red Pottage Then he skimmed the children's milk, so that they had nothing but poor watery stuff to pour over their pottage of a morning. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk I despised soldiers as men who had sold their birthright for a mess of pottage. A Student in Arms Second Series Cf. the story of the wife of Cormac, who was barren till her mother gave her pottage. The Religion of the Ancient Celts As was wittily said at the time, He sold his principles, not for a mess of pottage, but for the stick that stirred the mess.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Until now he had scorned the red pottage. Red Pottage Love to Christ is often tested by an enlightened and firm adherence to the "truth as it is in Jesus," when "false apostles will sell it for a mess of pottage." Notes on the Apocalypse I should have sold my birthright for a mess of pottage. Septimus The people gather and boyl them to make sour pottage to quench the thirst. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape As was wittily said at the time, he sold his principles, not for a mess of pottage, but for the stick that stirred the mess. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) He had sold his birthright for a mess of red pottage, as surely as any man or woman who marries for money or liking. Red Pottage I sold my birthright for a mess of pottage. Judith of the Godless Valley It is your children’s birthright, which they themselves cannot sell with impunity, for the pottage of gold or silver or pleasure: neither can you neglect or abuse it without guilt before God. The Christian Home As he crossed the landing an odour of hot pottage came to meet him. The Divine Fire The Irish birth-right was bartered for a mess of pottage and, worst of all, the fine instincts of Ireland's glorious youth were being corrupted and perverted. Ireland Since Parnell Ah! but the dream that all endears, The dream we sell for your pottage of truth—- Give us again the passion of youth, Sorrow shall fade and the world be brighter. Collected Poems 1897 - 1907, by Henry Newbolt Arrived at the cave, the Satyr poured out a mess of smoking pottage and laid it before the Traveller, who at once commenced blowing at it with all his might. The Talking Beasts "If the cow should have been already eaten, in a score of messes of pottage?" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 The constitution shattered by intemperance cannot be restored, the birthright bartered for a mess of pottage is gone for ever, and no bitter tears or supplications have power to bring it back. Exposition of the Apostles Creed Now, there was in Jewry a prophet called Habakkuk who made pottage and broken bread to take to the reapers in the field. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Surely he had bartered his soul for a very inadequate mess of pottage. Halcyone Because some one, who was already overfed, must needs grab at a larger mess of pottage--and we must pay! Lady Connie She submissively cooked herself a meagre pottage of bread and water, appeased the cravings of nature, and fell into a sound sleep. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 Next time we meet him cracking of nuts, with half a cloak about him, for all means are cut off, or borrowing sixpence, to shew his bounty in the pottage Ordinary? Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Some consented to go with us, though unwillingly; but most of them ran to the pottage pot, swearing it was dinner time. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The man who can work at his aim with perseverance and denies himself the mess of pottage of present indulgence in view of some future gain develops Will-Power. The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga Besides these cakes, they make several kinds of pottage from their maize, and also of beans and pease, both of which they have in abundance. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time She sells herself for a mess of pottage, whoever she is. Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise The pottage or soup, which they made of certain herbs gathered here, proved serviceable to those who were afflicted with the flux. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. There was nothing in Lassalle's life to warrant the assumption that he would deliberately sell his party for a mess of pottage. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle If my lord Guido boiled me, do you think I should be served up to the garrison, By way of pottage? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini This pottage, when it had attained a certain consistency, they took out with ladles, and poured it into frames about twelve inches square. Pioneers in Canada They still sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. A Texas Matchmaker When Esau smelled this appetizing food he said to Jacob: "Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint". The Harp of God For we invade them impiously for gain; We devastate them unreligiously, And coldly ask their pottage, not their love. Poems Household Edition And being very ignorant indeed, he sold himself into bondage for a mess of pottage, and was thrall for weary years. The Purple Heights After all, I had promised Theodore twenty francs; he would not be such a fool as to sell that birthright for a mess of pottage and the sole pleasure of doing me a bad turn. Castles in the Air Thus we read, that Jacob made such palatable pottage, that Esau purchased a mess of it at the extravagant price of his birthright. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine It is thought that the red pottage of Esau was made from the red variety of this legume. Science in the Kitchen. Pleased with our gratitude, he called us into his house, and gave us good warm bean pottage, which to me seemed the best food I had ever ate. The Pirates Own Book Kate would not go so far as to say that a birthright had been sold for a mess of pottage, but Ray McCrea's stock was far below par at that moment. The Precipice O sweet Sir, keep your good morrow to cool your Worships pottage; a couple of the worlds fools met together to raise up dirt and dunghils. The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother The fore-part, the neck, is boiled and makes sweet barley-broth, and the meat, when well boiled, or rather the whole pottage simmered for a considerable time beside the fire, eats tenderly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Thou that, as Esau, didst sell thy birthright for a mess of pottage, shalt then find no place for repentance, tho thou seek it with tears. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South "Salt in any pottage," said Madame, a little uneasily, "is like surprise in an individual; it brings out the flavor of every ingredient, so my cook tells me." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 The woman who had sold her birthright of charm and seduction for his sake sat down to eat her mess of pottage. The Precipice The birthright is bartered for the sorriest mess of pottage, and the jewel which the King covets to wear in His crown our own feet trample in the mire of the streets. The Teaching of Jesus Amos, with a sly twinkle of the eyes, translated the proposal to Ephraim, who stood with his huge red hands clenched, mumbling about the saltless pottage of papacy. The Refugees The ploughman's wages were about five shillings a-year, fifteen shillings by the present scale; a maid for making "pottage" received a penny a week! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 One day Esau came in from hunting, very tired and hungry, and sold his birthright to Jacob for a kind of stew called pottage. Wee Ones' Bible Stories Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. The Marrow of Tradition She could visualize the tragedy if it should be too late, if it found her already bound—sold for a mess of pottage at her ease. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest "Bambi has sold her birthright for a mess of pottage," he muttered. Bambi I suspect there aren't many great masterpieces that one couldn't have bought cheap by offering the mess of pottage at the right moment. Mary Wollaston But, alas! for the ingratitude of man, they were, almost to a man, sent home without getting their share of the pottage.... Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers He had sold the divine, he had received the human: it was the old pottage speculation over again. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 The following I have had given me as the original recipe for "Esau's pottage," but I think it must be more elaborate than that set before the hungry hunter. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. Fear!—that legacy of the Wild which no animal may escape nor exchange for pottage. White Fang Troth, master, I'm loath such a pot of pottage should be spoiled. The Jew of Malta What was his "mess of pottage" to the birthright that the other had preserved? Son of Tarzan They, in various attitudes, took greedily of the venison pottage, and liberally washed it down with ale. The Black Arrow Upon the turf by the Fair Fount The reaper's pottage smokes. Lays of Ancient Rome That the party should be rather grave, flying from their homes and a superior foe, eating unsalted pottage, and drinking bad water, was, perhaps, natural enough. The Life of Francis Marion Front-de-Boeuf was burnt alive for a less matter, for he kept a good table for his prisoners, only put too much garlic in his last dish of pottage. Ivanhoe But he who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage existed, and Judas Iscariot existed, and Castlereagh existed, and this man exists!' Hard Times And they have not in many places, neither pease ne beans ne none other pottages but the broth of the flesh. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Besides, Jonah could go as a mess of pottage. The Brother of Daphne Persons who would have revolted at the idea of stabbing a man to the heart, drugged his pottage without scruple. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 I believe such men would, if they had the power, and were it to their temporal interest, sell their country's independence, and barter away every man's birthright for a mess of pottage. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery So the mill began to grind herrings and milk pottage, and first all the dishes and tubs were filled, and then it came out all over the kitchen-floor. The Blue Fairy Book I fancy he was fond of pottage, madam; and that, as I remember, he got his pottage. The Certain Hour For, though the Americans were numerically few, they were like the pinch of salt in a pottage—they gave the snap and savor to the whole community. Remember the Alamo They use much pottage made of coal-wort, which they call kail, sometimes broth of decorticated barley. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. The Bible, Old and New Testaments, King James Version When he got the door open, he did not stay long in the room, but ran out, and the herrings and pottage came after him, and it streamed out over both farm and field. The Blue Fairy Book For instance, the mess of pottage for which Esau sold his birthright was soup made of red lentils. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish "Mademoiselle, it is the mess of pottage," the young man answered gloomily. A Chair on the Boulevard Nay, I'd not share your sumptuous cheer, But rather sup my rustic pottage, While that sweet boon the gods bestow— The peace your mansions cannot know— Blesseth my lowly Sabine cottage. Songs and Other Verse Esau in selling his birthright for a mess of pottage, and Jacob taking advantage of his brother in a weak moment, and overreaching him in a bargain, alike illustrate the hereditary qualities of their ancestors. The Woman's Bible England would sell her soul, but not for a mess of pottage. The Pawns Count These, and many other holy herbs are contained in it, all boiling in the heart of man, will make as good pottage as the world can afford, especially if you use these herbs for digestion. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier What, you ha' sold your birthright for a mess of pottage, ain't you? The Highwayman Robin, do you not know that your mess of pottage must be eaten with you by the people who care for you?—and one of them dislikes pottage. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking The municipal council of this beautiful city, like Esau, had just sold their birthright for a mess of pottage. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Yet I may tell you, it is pottage dearly bought. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 For first, there is in kitchen pottage good water to make them so; on the contrary, in the other pottage there is the water of life. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier For the mess of pottage we give, the money he squanders on libertine pleasures, England is buying freedom. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger I am certain that you must mix up some strong ingredients of distress to give a savour to your pottage. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 A birthright may be lost for a mess of pottage, and what Satan calls a trifle must be a thing of eternal significance. Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. But the best pottage it was yet, that ever was. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 It is better to a sick man than meat, for a sick man will sooner eat pottage than meat. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier "I'd sell my birthright for a mess of pottage with pleasure this minute," he exclaimed. The Heavenly Twins If he has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, that is precisely what the patrons of art in this country demand that every man shall do who comes here. The Pagans On other occasions, when she had some wine, she treated herself to a sop, a true parrot's pottage. L'Assommoir What, of the red rice pottage with Jacob I had? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 And as in kitchen pottage there are many good herbs, so there is likewise in this church pottage, as ye call it. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The question now confronting him was this: was he prepared to sell his political birthright for the mess of pottage they offered him? The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Yet these poor wretches—they are mostly negroes—sell their brethren for a mess of pottage of secret favors and immunities; none save the most abject would accept such employment. The Subterranean Brotherhood That pot that sends up such a savoury steam is venison pottage, or soup, or stew, or any name you choose to give the Indian mess that is concocted of venison, wild rice, and herbs. Canadian Crusoes And then to let it go for a mess of pottage! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 What ha' ye to do wi' martyrs?—a meeserable wretch that sells his soul for a mess o' pottage—four slices per diem o' thin bread-and-butter? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I absolve you of bread and pottage, and dispense with you to be never good for anything. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 But so help them God, as they pray for us, and not for being afraid to lose their victuals, their manchots, and good fat pottage. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 The mess of pottage is three hundred a month. Together But the best red pottage he hath, that ever was. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 There have been many Esaus who sold their birthright of health for a mess of pottage. The Pleasures of Life Failure to Treason: May he who would destroy his country for a mess of pottage never get the pottage! Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way He did make of necessity virtue, of such bread such pottage, and cared as little for the peeled as for the shaven. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 States have been defrauded of their birthright with scarcely the grace of a contract for a mess of pottage, but the possession may be kept only by a return to justice. Studies in the Life of the Christian Alack, brother, I have in my little cottage Nothing but a mess of gross and homely pottage. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 For pottage and puddings and custards and pies, Our pumpkins and parsnips are common supplies! The Women Who Came in the Mayflower Because they can exist without cauliflowers, must I renounce all hopes of having hyssop in my pottage? The Bushman — Life in a New Country We are constantly selling our birthright for a mess of pottage. A Girl Among the Anarchists He wants the pottage which smokes there, and that one poor dish is for the moment more to him than birthright and any future good. Expositions of Holy Scripture Yea, that I have, a mess of red pottage of rice, And he ate it up every whit, well I wot. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 "You've sold your artistic birthright for a mess of pottage, probably indigestible at that." From a Bench in Our Square He is admirably learned in the doctrines of meats and sauces, and deserves the chair in juris-prudentia; that is, in the skill of pottages. Character Writings of the 17th Century At such times I know Esau to the core: the forthright, nature-loving, simple man he was, coming in dabbled with the blood of hunted animals and hungry for the steaming pottage. Great Possessions Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Jog me once again, and I'll throw this whole mess of pottage into your face; cannot one stand quiet at the dresser for you. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 Even the body itself cannot thrive if it has no more than these three pottage messes! Bits about Home Matters He had essayed the rôle of waiter but had lasted only through the first courses; down to the entrées, he thought; certainly not much past the pottage. A Man and His Money To whom Jacob said: If thou wilt sell to me thy patrimony and heritage I shall give thee some pottage. Bible Stories and Religious Classics There was the pottage in the pan: 'I can see that and smell it. Expositions of Holy Scripture If she does not, she will have bartered her soul for a 'mess of pottage.' Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation What need you to care? who speaks to you? you may speak when ye are spoken to, and keep your wind to cool your pottage. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. The Gospel of the Pentateuch I am content that thou take it for this pottage. Bible Stories and Religious Classics By the same fire to boil their pottage, Two poor old Dames, as I have known, Will often live in one small cottage; But she, poor Woman! housed alone. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 The porridge of the Scotch is nothing more than a species of hasty pudding, composed of oatmeal, salt, and water; and the "red pottage" for which Esau sold his birthright, must have been something similar. The Book of Household Management The poisonous effects, again, of evil is exemplified thus—"One ill-bred mars a whole pot of pottage," and the rapidity with which it spreads has, amongst other proverbs, been thus described, "Evil weeds grow apace." The Folk-lore of Plants Death, then, was in the pottage of Life; the air tainted with specks of blood…. The Lord of the Sea To whom Jesse said: David, take this pottage, ten loaves of bread, and ten cheeses, and go run unto the host to thy brethren, and see how they do, and learn how they be arrayed. Bible Stories and Religious Classics The only answer I could make was, that we should labor faithfully in the school, and that I could promise nothing to my companions, but pain of mind and body, with a mess of pottage. Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois They undoubtedly possessed kettles; and in one of these, Esau's mess of pottage, for which he sold his birthright, must have been prepared. The Book of Household Management And you might have mentioned, too, how Esau himself yielded to his appetite, and sold his birthright for a mess of pottage, Gen. xxv. Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded In such a place our parents pawned a glorious inheritance for a taste of forbidden fruit, and Esau exchanged a legitimate birth-right for a mere mess of pottage. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member A twentieth century allegory She had sold her birthright, and got not even the "mess of pottage," but the cup of poison. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths Where will the children get milk? and how can I cook my pottage and collops without butter?' Tales of the Punjab Barter my birthright of immortality for the mess of pottage of a few brief years of union? Stella Fregelius It was only a small mess of pottage—some chops, a cup of real coffee, some after-dinner mints. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness But what shall we say of him who parts with his birthright and does not get even the pottage in return ? The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Not to be guided by their wisdom is to forfeit our birthright, like Esau, for a mere mess of pottage. Problems of Conduct Each house has a well- kept pottage plot, inferior, however, to those up stream. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 When Janice came to examine the contents of the baskets, she was somewhat disappointed at the mess of pottage for which she had half bartered herself. Janice Meredith And there was a peevish clerk who had paid for the last bowl of pottage they had, who gave it to the little family and supped on bread. Masters of the Guild With which worldly consolations and exhortations Goodwife Dolly brought him to rise and accept his bowl of pottage, though he could not swallow much, and soon put it aside and sought his bed. The Herd Boy and His Hermit Breakfast followed, composed mainly of the staple dish atole, or pottage of roasted barley. The Famous Missions of California A man of science in these times is like an Esau who sells his birthright for a mess of pottage. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 “This is to be got for no mess of pottage, if it is scorned,” he said. Janice Meredith I put my signature to certain indentures, received my pottage, and fled from his presence. Revolution, and Other Essays Gunpowder too, a hob-nailed shoe, He stirred into his pottage; Some Irish stew, a pound of glue, A high explosive sausage. The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff Don't barter your birthright for a mess of pottage! The Hermit and the Wild Woman We barter life for pottage; sell true bliss For wealth or power, for pleasure or renown; Thus, Esau-like, our Father's blessing miss, Then wash with fruitless tears our faded crown. The Christian Year The morning when I took it, they mixed it with all I had to eat; it was a Friday, and I had it in salad, sauce, and pottage. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini As if I would mortgage my birthright for such a mess of pottage. Simon the Jester You have no mother to thrust you aside, while she barters away your rights for a mess of pottage! Joseph II. and His Court She is no traitor to herself, as Esau was; for she keeps he birthright and the pottage she earns is often very scant. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million When will the gaoler bring us our pottage? Chaucer We barter life for pottage, sell true bliss For wealth or power, for pleasure or renown; Thus, Esau-like, our Father's blessing miss, Then wash with fruitless tears our faded crown. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations My eyes followed them to the cottage, and an involuntary sigh whispered to my heart that I envied the mother, much as I dislike cooking, who was preparing their pottage. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Now look here!" cried the Rat hotly; "I'll have none of your pottage, or your sauce, either. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 A message, a thought, a sincerity, a glance from him, I want, but not news, nor pottage. Essays — First Series He steals the milk from the Lamb, he steals the honey from the children of the Bee, even as the Melecta pilfers the pottage of the Anthophora's sons. The Mason-Bees Mabel hastened to obey, and set a mess of hot pottage and other viands before him. Windsor Castle The musket that he carried some English fool had sold him for a mess of pottage. To Have and to Hold I can't eat that!" whimpered the Bride; "it isn't a mouthful; and I want rice pottage, and cakes, and sweet eggs, and sugar drops. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 And he was kind, and loved to sit In the low hut or garnished cottage, And praise the farmer's homely wit, And share the widow's homelier pottage. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Her ragged and starving soldiers often mingled with the crowd of beggars at the doors of convents, and battled there for a mess of pottage and a crust of bread. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The movement, however, is perceptible, and once this fact is established I can let the pottage simmer. A Bundle of Letters Many of them dined on pottage made of a farthing's worth of beef with a little salt and oatmeal, and literally nothing else. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Was Sylvester intoxicated, or had the mysterious stranger mixed the "insane verb" with the family pottage? Drift from Two Shores How we shared with the milkmaids their pottage, And drank of the stream from the brook; How fondly our loving lips faltered, "What further can grandeur bestow?" The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 We each made his choice; my brother sold his birthright for a mess of pottage; his rights were transferred to me, and my ambition was at last gratified. That Mainwaring Affair When his first pause of joy and astonishment was over, his thoughts turned to the unworthy heir-male, who, he pronounced, 'had sold his birthright, like Esau, for a mess o' pottage.' Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since It sweetens the hind's pottage, and gives the meanest an assurance of manhood.... The Path of the King For a mess of pottage we sell our birthright. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Esau's pottage, the punishment of Sodom, and the troubles of the boy Joseph made her turn pale and open her blue eyes wide. The Schoolmistress, and other stories At last, in extreme want of food, and lacking even bread, they staved off hunger with a little pottage. The Danish History, Books I-IX It was the case of Esau; he was bidden sell his birthright for pottage, and affection could not gloze over the bargain. The Path of the King |
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