| 单词 | provender |
| 例句 | We saw that tents were purchased, and there w'as talk of provender, and transportation cases for the astronomical instruments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But she gave me good provender and good red wine, a river bath, and finally this clothing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And you need not turn up your nose at the provender, Master Gimli,’ said Merry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Bringing up young hobbits took a lot of provender. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Besides their livestock and the wild provender found in the hills, the Dongria still farm as many as twenty-five or thirty crops. The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Whenever I asked Baehrel questions about his past, his family, his influences, or even the rudiments of his business, he changed the subject to whatever flora or provender was at hand. The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z It clicked, immediately: this is now my Madrid version of that simple but marvelous restaurant I love everywhere, where the walls ain’t fancy, the provender ain’t cheap, but same provender is worth every penny. Hello Again, Madrid: Finding What's New in What's Old 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z One cartload of the enemy’s provisions is equivalent to twenty of one’s own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one’s own store. Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Illustrated (Chapter 2: Waging War) 2013-10-03T13:00:00Z They grow fat off this rich provender, swelling in turn into their own grotesque balloons before squeezing a slimy mass of eggs from their enormous backsides. Nematode Roundworms Own This Place 2013-02-09T19:15:03.810Z The railway, that brought people, also brought their provender.... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z If we can only obtain sufficient grain to feed our animals, and to lay in a store of provender for them for the advance, it will greatly lessen our difficulties. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Let 'em come on, we have provender fit for 'em. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z Then bed the animal in dry straw, and cover with blankets; assisting the purgatives with warm gruels, followed by laxative provender till well. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z But the woman did not offer her provender to us. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Epicurus makes a few sallies from his cosey comfortable camp, to forage for provender. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Hens are like other people—they like a change of provender once in awhile—especially when confined indoors. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z I accepted gladly for it was always superior to my restaurant provender. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z These regularly recurring liberationes or liberaturae as they are called, that is, meals and provender delivered to the labourers, have their counterpart in the customary arrangement of the amount and kind of services. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In the side recesses, which are about the height of a mule's back, the muleteers camped with their fires and their goods, and laid the provender for their beasts in the front. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z "It is too late," they say, "there are robbers on the road," they "don't know the way," or "provender is dear," or "snow will come on" before they can return. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z They had to break open the store-house in order to get provender, because the Quartermaster, Serjeant Rowe, was out of the way. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z With infinite joy, the hungry men, thirsting for blood, flew to arms, knowing that the Spaniards always went luxuriously provided with food, and knowing that a dead Spaniard could want no more provender. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z They find the necessary food and beverage for him and for his men, provender for his horses, and so forth. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z For his services he received 80 florins, together with traveling expenses for himself and his servants, and provender for three horses. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z Three whole days did the Count refuse to touch all provender, and on the third day the Cid promised him immediate freedom if he would break his fast. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He rose and ate a small supply of his provender, and took a swig from the flask, wiping the mouth of the bottle with his palm, after the custom of his country. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z He was led back to the stable without any provender. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Where on earth does the company procure such tasteless provender? In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The fruit is also valuable for provender, as animals foddered with it speedily get quite fat, while its wood, growing with great rapidity, is in much request for fuel. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The tax on public carriages remained; and horse provender had become no cheaper. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z "Not at all," I answered, "we shall find very good provender." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z Ulenspiegel said to him: “I give you no thanks for your provender.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z When out of danger supply it with moderate quantities of laxative provender, and keep it for ten days apart from its fellows, by which time it will, in all likelihood, be well recruited. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Moreover, I have been brought up as a mouse of high degree, and figs and nuts, cheese and honey-cakes is the provender that I have been fed on.” The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z J�rgen made no opposition to this arrangement; he was accustomed to give way to Ebbe's wishes, and he went back to where they had left their provender. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Surely this was unusual spiritual provender to offer a crowd of typical New York diners! Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z A temporary shed is thrown up in front, which serves as a depôt for hay and provender. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z But, if heathy food is the staple provender, allow your sheep four or five hours of turnips in the twenty-four, permitting at the same time free access to common salt. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Nothing but big luck will save Bourke's scanty supply of provender this muddy, rainy afternoon. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z In the mean time, leave us your hamper of provender. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The tavern-keepers might well have grown rich, had all these winter travellers paid for board and lodging, but nearly all, even the wealthiest farmers, carried their own provender and food. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z In the morning, by the peep of day, and often before, his faithful visits are repeated to hay, and provender, and card, and yoke up. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The middle of November is the time at which this is usually done, but the season is anticipated or delayed according as the spring provender is expected to be early or late, plentiful or scarce. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Nor do they fill the hunger which sent you travelling; they are not provender for notebooks. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z "Such sharp-set cattle should bring their provender with them," replied the domestic, as she went about increasing her store of provision in compliance with her master's directions. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z “What do you lack?” continues Leatherhead, “What do you lack, gentlemen? my pretty mistress, buy a fine hobby-horse for your young master; cost you but a token a week for his provender.” A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z We were among the spurs of the San Saba mountains, which do not run so far south here as they do farther west, and everywhere found water for ourselves and provender for our cattle. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Whenever you hear of remarkable instances of sheep becoming quickly fat on turnips, you may safely believe they have had liberty to nibble something in addition to the ordinary provender. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z For a few minutes he really was mad, frenzied with unusual passion and indignation, to be trapped like an animal lured on by provender, and for what purpose? World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Worthy Garret, say naught against it—you must go, and take with you a few bottles of Canary and a good luncheon of provender in the basket. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Not so many as are necessary; but we are still worse off for provender. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z During these days we generally ascended and crossed a number of small streams that flowed from these mountains to the Arkansas, and always found good provender for our cattle on their banks. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z "As an essential ingredient in the provender of herbivorous animals, it may, I think, be admitted as a fact, that its importance is in an inverse ratio with the nutritive powers of the food." A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z After a while, however, they left off, more from want of provender than appetite, and continued their march homeward, we joining company. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Some they say, “Good provender,” Some they sing, “Sweet lavender,” Some they call, “The taverner,” Some they cry, “The fripperer Is lord of London Town!” In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z I have sent my regiments around so as to provender the horses and to be ready for the road, without wagons, without cannon. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Here also we rejoiced in being able to procure some good provender for our still half-starved horses and mules. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z From the beginning of November till the middle of March, sickness commits its greatest ravages, especially among heath sheep, from their being more confined than others to dry binding provender. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z The other ate his provender thankfully, and safely reached his destination with his load. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z From the sap is manufactured a drink, while seeds are ground up for provender for camels. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Lucky that greedy beggar Jack didn’t know I had any more provender yesterday, or he would inevitably have cadged it. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Besides these, an hour later, a large number of private buggies conveyed the parents and provender, while the young people of the village rode out on horseback as a sort of escort to the commissariat. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z A liberal supply of salt should be given with all their provender; and if they do not seem to relish it, give them occasionally a small quantity in water as a drench. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z His dealings in hay and provender of various kinds had been another source of income. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z The horses were eating their provender at a side. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z All provender was alike to Nejdi so long as it was toothsome. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z It was at the great Edinburgh Philosophic Feed of 1846, when Macaulay, Whately, and other lions, young and old, roared, on the whole, rather feebly, and in vulgar falsetto, over their liberal provender. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z He takes just a cup of coffee, and whilst I is eating all of that provender of his generous providing, he tells me about this here streak of luck which has come his way. J. Poindexter, Colored 2011-06-11T02:00:11.257Z I have bought three horses, one for my own riding and two to draw a light cart with our provender. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z As the animal had already experimented with the thatch and found it quite to its liking, the question of provender was settled. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z We take what provender the gods deliver to us in out of the way places, like stalled oxen or uncomplaining army mules! Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z He knew too well the position in which he stood, and the provender which his audience required! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z The amount of provender it required to satisfy Zach's appetite now was a constant source of amazement to the widow. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z I have just found out that there isn’t as much provender as I was given reason to believe when we started. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Hark ye, gar�on!" exclaimed the master-bowman, "thy best food and wine in plenty, and provender for our horses! The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z A provender mill, a mechanical gas powered mill, was used when the nearby buildings prevented winds from turning the sails. Brixton's windmill 2011-05-01T14:03:18Z FORAGE, food for cattle or horses, chiefly the provender collected for the food of the horses of an army. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z After the stolen provender was thoroughly enjoyed by the hosts and guests in camp, the boys entertained the girls with relay races, Deer Hunts, Bat Ball, and a Bear Spearing Contest. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z On inquiring for barley, I was told that I was now in Galicia, where barley was not used for provender, and was very rare. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z “The ammunition and provender first!” shouts Vicente, back again at camp, with full authority of direction. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Clumsy waggons stood among the stumps in the clearing, with the oxen unyoked and their provender spread before them on the ground. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He refused his natural food, and demanded to be led to the stable, that he might have a manger, and be fed on provender suitable for animals of the asinine species. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Every hand forthwith felt its way to the provender, and the loud smacking of satisfied lips succeeded the suppressed chatter of tongues. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The only provender that could be obtained was Indian corn. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z This inexhaustible cake will furnish thee with provender for thy journey. Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental 2011-02-22T03:00:06.247Z The new-comers were the parents of the young macaws—the owners of the nests—returning from a search for provender for their pets, whose piercing cries had summoned them in all haste to their home. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Lawrence went into camp near a farmhouse, where he noticed there was plenty of provender for the horses. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Elijah emerged from his retirement in the third year, when, the famine having reached its worst, Ahab and his minister Obadiah had themselves to search the land for provender for the royal stables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z "Do not trouble yourself about that; they will have their provender." The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z And it was no trifle to feed the cattle, as the provender was requisitioned. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z He fed him with as much unconcern as he brought browse to the tethered bull moose and distributed provender suited to the various tastes of his menagerie. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Supper and rest were needed for ourselves, and provender and stabling for our horses. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z "Fools!" she cried, looking in her magic crystal, "he was in the big sycamore under which you stopped to give your horses provender!" Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z The gentleman who killed the fatted calf offered but a Barmecide feast in comparison with the provender of my Norman friends. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Such feed is used only in times of great scarcity, but it is very excellent provender. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z The form accepted this invitation to the extent of dismissing the passage of unprepared translation from their thoughts for ever, and settling down with a grateful sigh, began to search their pockets for fresh provender. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z He spends his time in weighing out provender, and has never smelt gunpowder except on the emperor's birthday. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z And it came477 to pass that he said to his servants, Take with you provender for ten days. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments In it he says that "the Country Parson doth bear in mind in the morning the outlandish proverb that prayers and provender never hinder a journey." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources On one side of the court-yard stood a score of oxen and six fleet steeds, and on the other was provender for them for many days. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Poor beast; faithfully he worked for us, good-tempered and willing to the end, and then, for thanks, when he could do no more, to be killed for provender! Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 It was not an inviting dish to human palates; but hunger like theirs is not squeamish, and they were only too glad to feed on the coarse provender. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Often the bonea of a pig have been found in the grave, doubtless representing part of the provender which could not conveniently be placed in the so-called food-vessel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In the proverb, "He is a proud horse that will not carry his own provender," we have a good lesson quaintly put. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources "What want ye, friends?" shouted the outlaw—"think ye that a poor man like Sandy Armstrong can gi'e upputtin' and provender for five hundred horse?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 We now have provender for the dogs for two or three days more, but I think of saving it a little longer and having the worst dogs eaten first. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 At such entertainments Paterfamilias is simply required to find the provender and to carve it. Rachel Ray But he thought of nothing but securing his provender. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 "It is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Meanwhile, but eight days had to pass before the grain and provender would arrive in abundance from the western lands. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry To settle down we have hardly provender enough; there is nothing for it, I suppose, but to grind on. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He had somehow earned this provender, and the meal had on that account an extra subtle relish. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel He remained thus about a quarter of an hour, and then walked up to the wall where the provender bags and baskets of the pupils were suspended. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Altogether, the refreshments affect the sober system, and I am afraid your provender here will have to suffer for it I abominate the trash and sweet-stuff they feed a fellow with at parties. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales He had a friend in the Fifty-Third who was connected in some way with the quarter-master's department, and always well supplied with extra provender. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude To keep on longer in such circumstances is only wearing out men and dogs to no purpose, and is also using up more provender than is necessary. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The richest people observe the same diet; it is quite pitiable to see them swallowing such miserable provender out of cups, some of which have cost £40. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 Most of our land mollusca, for instance, are satisfied with meagre provender, and stand extremes of climate well, as long as there is sufficient moisture. The History of the European Fauna Dickcissels search the purple ironweeds for provender, and song sparrows flit along the blossoming fence rows. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Let us make a league eternal, Make an endless peace between us, That we live in perfect quiet And in comfort all the summer, And to us the lands are common, And our provender delicious. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two In that manner we should have provender for fifteen or perhaps twenty days longer, and should be able to make some progress at the same time. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Without, the horse and the palfrey of Vortigern and Thetralde pawed the ground and neighed impatiently, as if calling for their provender. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Deserters from Staten Island and New York soon brought word to the camp that transports were being fitted up with berths for horses, and taking in three weeks' supply of water and provender. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools What is there in the way of provender?” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Little carts of provender were daily seen making frequent visits to the house. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative We are also eating our old provender again; but, curiously enough, neither Johansen nor I think the farinaceous food as good as one might suppose after a month of meat diet. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "Because even the dullest horse becomes livelier and more spirited in the measure that he approaches the house where he knows that he will find provender." The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century But since the extended cultivation of turnips and plants of similar use the case is altered, and perhaps at no time of the year has provender become more plentiful than in winter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" There being no provender for the horses, they strayed away. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia If, after a few trials, the dog stubbornly refuses such provender, meat must of necessity be given, but it should be of the very best description, and rather underdone. The Dog Ha! this Roman hero has had good provender. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 "In that case, my looks are deceptive, because a glutton, that am I—terribly gluttonous of those delicate dainties that are found only at court, and that constitute my provender." The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century The basis of our provender is the farm. Lord Stranleigh Abroad In advance trotted a vigorous taata, with a couple of large, native baskets slung by a pole over his shoulders, loaded with bottles and provender; at his heels, our own unfortunate esquire, Giacomo. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The first signs perceptible which denote recovery are these:—The provender the beast consumes is evidently not thrown away. The Dog The irons were soon severed, however, with a chisel and hammer, and he went below to aid the men with his knowledge of the stowage of the officers' provender. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw The horses were driven away, the cattle lifted to be provender for the King's forces in the parish of Carsphairn and elsewhere. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway He went on stolidly eating his tea, substantial British provender, pickled pig's feet, beet-and-onion salad, stewed prunes, damson jam, and tea as harsh as an east wind. Command Indeed, there's nothing answers so well as a profusion of "provender," to promote good humor and agreeable conversation. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia This will constitute the provender for one day necessary to sustain the largest dog, and a quarter the amount will be sufficient for one of the average size. The Dog It was forbidden, for example, to feed domestic animals or give them drink on the Sabbath, they were to be provided on Friday with enough provender and water to last them through the Sabbath. The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect He must go wandering through the woods, feeding the body of Manape with grubs, worms and such nauseous provender, because it was the food to which Manape was accustomed. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 Poor things! they had still to wait for their provender, for though we signified that we wished them to be fed directly, the authorities gave us to understand that they must wait. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Then, having destroyed their provender, the parasites starve, and the green bugs have a chance to grow again until the parasites overtake them in the hour of their triumph and power. The Economic Functions of Vice If the provender be scant the hostess may say, “That’s right at a smidgen,” meaning little more than a mite; but if plenteous, then there are rimptions. Our Southern Highlanders He well knew that the manager had counted on getting business—and forgiveness—for every mouthful of his miserable provender. A Canadian Bankclerk But he doubted his strength for such a sustained effort, and reflected that a party which contained so many men, even if forced to retreat, would be sure to take their provender with them. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies Thus it happened that on this the very first morning after setting out, there were not a few hungry stomachs that had to trust to luck for their needful provender. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 Each hamper contains a complete outfit for a separate twenty—cold provender, plates, glasses, knives, forks, and spoons. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) Yes, you can take the provender with you. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts The peasants find it most useful, for it makes impenetrable hedges, and its coarse pulpy leaves when pounded up afford good provender for their goats and donkeys. The Naples Riviera The girls scoured the pantry and spring house for provender for the picnic. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Accordingly when he returns to his tent with provender in hand you watch him closely. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 But there was provender for thought, new thought, splendid and bright-colored. The Bondboy The horse is never known to leave his provender, nor the ox his blade of grass, to wash it down; but many persons, from habit rather than thirst, drink largely during meals. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) They leave the capitalist free to contrive the control of their book supply and to check and determine all the provender of their minds…. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism The king and queen, the grand duke, and a basket of cold provender for immediate use, set forth from Calistoga in a double buggy; the crown prince, on horseback, led the way like an outrider. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The few animals in the country are all provided with pockets in their 'overcoats,' or skin, in which to stow their young ones, or provender. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Morgan was to have his breakfast and supper each day, and provender for his horse, at the rate of four dollars a week, payable in advance. The Bondboy There was something in the bearing different from most of the Yerbury women who ran out of an evening for a neighborly gossip, or some provender for their next morning's breakfast. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart He had provided so many men with provender that he thought anything that would do for one would do for another. Elam Storm, The Wolfer Or, The Lost Nugget By two we had been landed at the mine, the buggy was gone again, and we were left to our own reflections and the basket of cold provender, until Hanson should arrive. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The feast was brilliant and large and long, and it seemed criminal to see such waste of provender when so much of the world was hungry. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Another band of Red men followed with some tepees that they offered against government tents and, on being refused, finally wagered them against provender and hay. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Now and then a bird hopped down from the branches that hung over the roofless cabin, and searched fearlessly for provender at her very feet. Kildares of Storm This was “the one inhabited spot in this enormous tract of country,” and here they stopped two weeks to rest the reindeer and get provender for them. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Well, Diogenes and I left here with a boat load of supplies in the 157 way of provender and things for the boys. Our Next-Door Neighbors "Yes, I guess that's about it," admitted Tubby, talking only because the next batch of provender was not quite ready for disposal. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields That gracious waiting Lord then may enter, and sweet communion follow as He sups with poor "Need and Faith"—Himself providing all the provender for that supper-feast. Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes "To see how like are courts of law to fairs, The dancing barristers to dancing bears; Both suck their paws indulgent to their griefs, These lacking provender, those lacking briefs." Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The horses had finished their provender and were rested. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance He ordered his scouts to remain secreted in a thick wood near by a friendly house, from which they could obtain food for themselves and provender for their horses. Raiding with Morgan And plants discover provender in the soil as well as drink. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer Maybe it’s their blackness, maybe it’s their provender, maybe it was just the loco of their endless drifting shadows, but for a minute up there I had an infernal sick feeling. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Before this provender the flockmaster squared himself, the unwelcome guest across the table from him, the smoke of his pipe drifting languidly out into the tranquil summer night. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Grass was growing in the streets and tufts of oats were springing up where the horses, a few weeks before, had munched their provender. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance "Are you troubled with cold feet on retiring?" asked Yeast of Crimsonbeak, Saturday night, as they were returning from market freighted with provender. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Scipio left the table and moved to the cupboard, into which he mechanically began to stow the provender. The Twins of Suffering Creek He carries little else besides his gun, his tobacco, and a tin-pot for making coffee; for the country through which he is passing abounds naturally in nearly every kind of provender. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba Sullivan had sent a sack of that unusual provender out to camp to help Mackenzie get his strength back in a hurry, he said. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek Our cows were gone—given for provender to save the lives of the oxen during the deep December snow. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail Until the Temple Classics and Every Man's Library were published it was commonly supposed that the people at large cared for nothing but Bow Bells, the Penny Novelette, or such unclassical if alluring provender. Six Centuries of Painting The first solid food Kweek tasted was the black, glossy seed of a columbine, which his mother, busily collecting provender, chanced to drop near him as she hurried to her storehouse. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain “There’s worse provender than this, where there’s none,” said Mr. Bryant, cheerfully; “and before we get through we shall be hungry more than once for hog and hominy.” The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas At the meetings of these various societies she was constant in attendance, so in her absence her roomers “made hay,” as David termed it, cooking their provender and illicitly performing laundry work in the bathtub. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West "Unmanageable beasts," she said, "had to be tamed by being stinted in their provender." Queen Elizabeth Makers of History They should also be well fed with wholesome provender, and have access to good water. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families The little provender we had in a bag scarcely kept us from fainting with hunger. Ghetto Comedies There’s a lot of provender in that basket and we’ll be as jolly as they make ’em.” A Dear Little Girl at School The old saying, ‘Prayer and provender hinder no man’s journey,’ is as true in war as in peace.” The Cabin on the Prairie We see the green fields of maize, and we watch the people going home in the evenings with the tired oxen and the little donkeys carrying their provender on their backs. Round the Wonderful World Nobody would have objected to her consuming as much as she liked of the mental provender supplied had she stopped at that. The Madcap of the School If he has taken the provender or rations and has enfeebled the oxen, he shall make it good from the corn he has hoed. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters That excellent man caught me in the act of eating the provender, and—my bones ache at this very moment as I think of the licking I got! My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. Peanut Hay.—If dug and cured before frost touches them, and before the leaves fall to any great extent, peanut vines make a very good provender for all stock. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses My instincts told me that those pages were my natural provender. In Brief Authority Truly a peck of provender; I could munch your good dry Oats. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare A red handkerchief, spotted white, hung by a knowing loop from the right arm, contained provender and a flask of liquor for the inward man. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Evergreens are their usual resort,—so, at least, I gather from books,—but I have seen them picking up provender from a bare-looking last year's garden. Birds in the Bush Our fourth and last man, Mohammed, drove a donkey, nominally for the purpose of carrying provender for the mules and camel, but which often as not bore either Mulai Ombach or Mohammed himself. In the Tail of the Peacock The ark, when it floated, sank about ten feet into the water with its great weight of animals of every kind and provender for more than a year. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood “Brought us some provender?” continued Dickenson; and he received another nod. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War Can the comparative frequency of this or the other provender have brought about the formation of two trade-guilds? The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles "Greedy beggars!" he observed, making for the provender. The Wind in the Willows We read, also, of officials sentenced to transportation for clipping a horse or furnishing bad provender. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They had been delighted with their trip, but were highly dissatisfied with the treatment on board, where they had to quarrel with bad provender, bad wine, and disobliging servants. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 There are some small occupations about the parsonage—a board or so loose on the ice house, a small field of provender for the animal. Mountain Blood A Novel On the following day, as had been previously arranged, the party, having been preceded by the provender carriers, mounted their horses and moved off from the house under the guidance of Tom Rainsfield. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter They swore to starve rather than consume the maggoty provender. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It also depends on another, the solution of which is as little known, namely the greatest distance that bees fly in collecting their provender. New observations on the natural history of bees "You keep yourself in hand for the chicken cooked by Mrs Ragg; I intend to be independent of it," she said, and walked home with her indigestible provender. A Sheaf of Corn Immediately the fire jumped to Kearney street, licking at the fat provender that shaped itself for consuming. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror After which Dugingi and Jemmy Davis, promising faithfully to send the black boys over to the station after the corroboree, got their promised provender, and decamped. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Then she went after more provender for his spacious craw. Our Bird Comrades He had reduced the price of almost everything supplied to the Abbey House, from the stable provender to the wax candles that lighted the faded sea-green draperies and white panelling of the drawing-room. Vixen, Volume III. He said he would go out for some fresh “provender” and “sort o’ earn his keep” that way. Far Past the Frontier See here, Ada, we won't have to buy any more provender this season at this rate. Three Little Cousins You only tell me what it will cost, carriage, provender, and all, and let me hear no more of it.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Our provender consisted of potted meats, half a ham, biscuits, beer, and whisky, and with dinner utensils, such as enamelled metal plates, tumblers, knives, forks, etc., from our luncheon basket, quite filled the boxes. A Girl's Ride in Iceland To such cattle all cares beyond that of mere provender were thrown away. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 He marched ’em straight into the woods, the whole caboodle on ’em, clearin’ a road as he went, an’ takin’ along a lot o’ sheep an’ cows, and provender for the sojers without end. Far Past the Frontier Cecil said nothing, but absently doled out the last cabbage leaf to the rabbits in such small morsels, that they nibbled at his fingers as if they thought those part of the provender. Holiday Tales No such care in the matter of provender is necessary in the case of the other members of man's animal family. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization It relates to the fact that tree foods can supply all of the essentials of provender for men, livestock and fowls; proteins, starches, fats and vitamines in delicious form. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 You know we may have some work to do, and it’s wise to take in plenty of provender beforehand. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers Notwithstanding the poverty of the place, the old woman set a good value upon her choice provender. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland An ant had mounted the burdock leaf, and, careless of the drama that had just been enacted, sought eagerly among the crevices for provender. Explorers of the Dawn It was only as the public forests disappeared that pigs came to receive any considerable part of their provender from the products of tilled fields. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization "Didst thou meet with a bundle of provender in the graveyard that thy stomach did not warn thee to breakfast?" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 As I walked out among the shadows softly my companions made no motion, and the horses whinnied coaxingly, as though I were still the guardian of their provender. A Tramp's Notebook This seems to be regulated by the degree of cold, else why do they refuse the large quantity of tempting provender in the warm days of spring, and greedily devour it in the pelting storm? Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained With that and our rifles we did not want for provender. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 In the early conditions of humanity there was no other beast which could be made to serve so well this simple need in the way of provender. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization So I jest went out an' laid in plenty o' my own provender,—suthin' reliable an' wholesome, ye know. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 “And now, old gentleman, I’m very sharp set, and as I doubt not that you have, plenty of provender in your house, I shall be much obliged to you for some supper.” The Three Midshipmen They were to be clad in mufti, to be armed so far as it was possible and to have with them three days' provender.... The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 She manages to nourish them without taking any food herself till March or April, when she also, like her better half, sallies forth in search of provender. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “But, as to provender—what have we got, Green?” asked Adair. The Three Commanders They were to take a tent with them, and cooking utensils, so as to be quite independent of inns, and each voyager was to contribute his share of provender. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story We halted on the top to refresh ourselves with the provender we had brought. In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting When they get good provender in their guts, they are apt to turn out very different animals from what they were in their original low condition, and get frisky and troublesome. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) "Short provender" had never been one of my grievances, and I pitied poor Sim all the more on this account. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants A small hatchet with which to chop off a chunk of porridge formed the accompaniment of this unalluring Arctic provender. Customs and Fashions in Old New England The tent, the provender, the blankets, were snugly stowed away on board. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story While on service beyond the frontiers of his own country, he receives rations of food and provender, and a small amount of pay. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California You did; we are short of provender and hard up for tools. Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin Morn found him on the road again, To Lousy Level bound; At Bull's Tail, and Lick Lizard, too, Good provender he found. The Book of Humorous Verse They found it difficult to get the carpet and provender safely placed without getting wet. Chicken Little Jane Weary from heavy loads and hard traveling and scant provender. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance And their animals also undergo a like rapid recovery, from browsing on the leaves and bean-pods of the algarobias; a provender relished by all pampas horses, as horned cattle, and nourishing to both. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Boys passing through the shanty stage, all build shanties, and forage through their mothers' pantries for provender, which they carry off to their robbers' roost. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 In this matter of food, the danger lies in overeating and not in lack of provender. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Nor will he disdain to feast upon the carcass of the great whale—when chance, or the whale fishermen, leaves such a provender in his way. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys He was—he was the winged sea-gull, with wild, pale eyes, hiding—abject yet fierce—among the vegetable beds in the Brockhurst kitchen-gardens, and picking up loathsome provender of snails and slugs. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance But he, too, at length gives way, and all is silent within the cavern, save the “crump-crump” of the horses munching their coarse provender, with now and then a hoof striking the hard rock. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Most of the loading of the waggon consisted of provender for our horses and mules. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire As he tramped into the city with a loaf under each arm for provender, a young woman leaning in a doorway laughed at the singular figure. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III In the height of his good-humour, however, he did his best by signs to express his entire approval of the widow’s provender, and even attempted to speak. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader They have speared or driven off all the horses, boys; we must get a sheep killed for provender, or we may not have another chance. The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range This fellow secreted provender in the kitchen and sold it stealthily to hungry soldiers. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War This would be the best rest for them, and I was glad to think that this splendid provender would in a few hours recruit their strength. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse On this particular evening he expects something besides provender, and is more than usually anxious about it. The Death Shot A Story Retold By-the-by, as you talk of the possibility of our being out several hours, it will be prudent to take some provender on board. The Rival Crusoes Placing them in his shed, he went back and carefully closed the door, and began at his ease to munch the provender he had so adroitly got possession of. Stories of Animal Sagacity These terms are unknown in America; but when Mr. Paine added that horse provender was one dollar per "feed," I looked aghast, and required some stimulant myself to appreciate the enormity of the reckoning. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War One man furnished the muskets, another supplied the powder, a third gave the iron bolts for balls, a fourth made ready the provender, while a fifth despatched a bearer with the armament. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Shall we go send them dinners and fresh suits, And give their fasting horses provender, And after fight with them? King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre As summer advanced, less hay and straw were given, and as the grass approached ripeness, they were discontinued altogether; but young and wet clover was never given without an admixture of dry provender. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure To-morrow you shall stand up to your knees in provender, and then you shall carry your master on your back. Debts of Honor The animals started on their journey with two hundred pounds' burden, of which part was provender for horse and man, which was left at convenient relays to be taken up on the way home. Home Life in Colonial Days He builds his nest in an old hollow tree, or beneath the bushes, and during the summer lays up a great quantity of nuts or acorns for his winter provender. Tame Animals Or again, the available cash resources would be invested in provender; and then there would be an outing in the woods. From Place to Place "It's nearly dinner time," added Tom; "and I must go and see about the provender." Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student Before the little tavern of the town the cort�ge usually came to a halt; and the tars, descending, followed up their regulation cheers with demands for grog and provender. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 It is not my smallness nor weakness of body," Peepi answered, "that prevents my bringing home provender as well as my brothers. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends His is the clamoring red mouth which takes the provender of the entire family. My Studio Neighbors Salmon and crackers had come to be his most dependable stand-bys in the matter of provender. From Place to Place The two dropped their provender, leapt blindly forward, and fell clumsily to the floor below, but the third slid down the junction of the walls. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character He was to remain in camp, have the water boiling, and the meat sufficiently cooked by the time the others returned from their various rounds in search of provender. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson I understand the ground; I understand cattle, horses, carts, sowing, threshing, and provender. The Devil's Pool One of the Arabs was despatched with two unladen camels to the market-place, where he bought a store of provender brought in by the country people. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition First thing, we goes down to the livery-stable where Emily is spending the Indian summer and consuming half her weight in dry provender every twenty-four hours. From Place to Place On dark nights, at the edge of the Wild, Joseph met Stair always with a large parcel of provender and a small parcel of books. Patsy The provender thus provided was placed on sale in the store, and by every art the heads of families were encouraged to purchase those things and take them home for consumption there. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages He was engaged in frying a mess of pemmican and flour, of which provender he had secured enough to stand a siege of at least six months’ duration. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood You can't stop to forage your provender as the army advances; if you do the enemy will get there first. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power It will be difficult to hide them and find provender for them at the same time; besides which, should they be discovered, they would betray that we were in the neighbourhood. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Then we manufactured out of the canvas some high boots of huge proportions; the upper part capable of containing the whole of a man’s personal luggage, and a day’s supply of provender into the bargain. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors The merriest, and certainly the most noisy party, went in a long spring waggon, and to their charge were entrusted several hampers, containing part of the provender for the rural feast. Ernest Bracebridge School Days But I say, Bill, before I favour them with a specimen of my talents, just hint that a little provender will be acceptable down our throats.” Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea Most of the party had forgotten all about supper, until Billy exclaimed: “If I don’t get some provender, I shall collapse.” The Three Admirals “You have come far, I suspect,” observed the old fisherman, as he watched the horses devour their provender. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Except some chica, we had no beverage stronger than coffee or cocoa to offer him; but he declared that such provender would serve him as well as any other. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots Who that has been long a wanderer from home has not gone back in memory to such a scene as now greeted Jack’s eyes, especially when hunger has been gnawing or provender coarse? The Three Lieutenants Our two-footed and four-footed friends seemed delighted to get back to their old location, and began feeding away eagerly, there being an abundance of provender suited to their tastes scattered about. In the Eastern Seas Billy ate his breakfast in silence, stowing away an ample supply of provender to be ready for all emergencies. The Three Admirals They were both too busy and eager to prepare a meal from the life-saving provender they had so strangely found, to pay any heed to Abel. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze Friday morning came, and directly after breakfast the two young fellows met, Gwyn provided with a basket of provender, his hammer, chisel and some magnesium ribbon, while Joe had brought an extra-powerful oil lanthorn. Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea And without a word he went to Dinny, and obtained some strips of dried bok for provender, and then started off upon his quest. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The provender was willingly out and carried down, and soon after Aleck lay dreaming over the adventures of the day. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap The journey was a long one, but the day was bright, and we had a good basketful of provender, so it was not tedious. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life My provender," said Mr. Sorber, "is one thing that I'm mighty particular about. The Corner House Girls at School The apes forgot their dancing at the sight, dropt their humanity, resumed their ape-hood, and, smashing masks and tearing dresses, had a free fight for the provender. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Here the passengers have the only opportunity to obtain refreshments on the route; and never did people seem more intent upon laying in provender. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland "What does Joan mean?" thought Nathan, stepping heavily yet gently on into the inner shed, which he had filled with provender the day before. The Christmas Child After so much preparation, and Mr. Bagshaw's committee of "provender" to boot, that no one should have thought of so obvious a requisite as bread! Stories of Comedy The horses threw their heads in the air, and, presaging rest and provender, quickened their pace, without urging. The Lion's Brood Their horses were supplied with provender, and led likewise into the hut. Strife and Peace And he had a goodly chamber, in which was plenty of straw, and draperies, and a spacious and commodious place he had for the horses, and the youth prepared for them plenty of provender. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 But, as all teamsters know, oxen that are worked hard all day in winter weather require corn meal or other equally nourishing provender in addition to hay. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The strong provender heaped up in abundance, rank in smell and usually unappetizing in color, interfered at first with his hunger. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life In the other inns it was the same, and many took their drink and provender in the open air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 They had to break open the store-house in order to get provender, because the Quartermaster, Serjeant Rowe, was out of the way. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Here is work for you," said Anton; "examine the cattle, and see what you can find of winter provender. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Imagine my disgust on hearing that, through an accident on the line, the unlucky horse had been shut up for forty-six hours in his box, with provender just enough for one day. Border and Bastille The romance and beauty of Djenan-el-Maqui were as nothing in comparison with the fascination of the Monster with the Maw, vast, dark, and patient, waiting for its evening provender. The Way of Ambition This withe was to be kept turning, spit-fashion, until its weight of provender was deliciously browned and sending forth an aroma that would make the mouth of a wood nymph water. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan Pack after pack was found to consist of merchandise—vicuna wool, or dried provender for the galleons. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. "There is not the shadow of a bag of provender." Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag But the "raiders" travel often far and fast through a country fetlock-deep on light land, where provender is scanty and shelter there is none. Border and Bastille I jumped up to the haymow to throw down the provender. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer I sat down and made a breakfast off the provender they had left behind and enjoyed it as I never enjoyed anything before. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World But in justice to her it ought to be added that she seemed only to care for the kind of provender which yielded the largest increment in the way of crumbs. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Other waggons were loaded with rum; and still others contained oats and horse provender pressed into bales. Three Years' War On this marine plant life, and in a small measure on the vegetable matter derived from the land, the marine animals primarily depend for their provender. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography I do not mean by this that there was any real lack of nourishing provender in London or anywhere else in England that I went. Eating in Two or Three Languages Think again and put cooking utensils and lunch provender where you can reach them without unloading the canoe. On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls What would become of him if the provender supplied him by his newspaper were suddenly cut off? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 Flinging themselves in various attitudes on the greensward, provender was speedily laid before them, and rare wines and other choice liquors, fruits of their late campaign, passed gayly round. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History We were then making our final preparations for the start, laying in a little personal provender at the restaurant in Frank Street, at the door of which stood our animals, saddled and impatient. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 But while provender is forthcoming they increase gayly. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Like autumn on the hills; At four o’clock The sun like a herdsman spills For drove and flock Peace with their provender, And they are fed. Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Our father keeps a weather eye on the provender as it is brought in smoking, and it being soon apparent that the dinner is to be orthodox, if not apostolic, his social attributes improve wonderfully. Tales of the Chesapeake The crops of green rye, moistened with a profuse dew, served as beds to the men, and provender to the horses. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Their little beaks could not pierce it for seeds and grubs, and so they were forced to repair to kitchen doors and barnyards in quest of stray crumbs from the provender of men and cattle. Madelon A Novel The mere thought of eating was sufficient to put the Puritan in good humor, and he was soon diligently scouring nooks and corners with scent for provender as keen as that of a pointer dog. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France No lack of provender here in this hitherto undiscovered robbers' roost. Foes in Ambush The four men ate heartily of their cold provender, discussing the situation in a few brief sentences. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier I reckon there's plenty o' cold provender out thar," he said doubtfully, "an' maybe I could hustle you up some hot coffee, but we don't aim ter do no feedin' at this time o' night. The Strange Case of Cavendish What is the use or need To keep at my own cost this lazy steed, Eating his head off in my stables here, When rents are low and provender is dear? Successful Recitations "How does the cook get out all that provender from here?" Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France "You abridge the proverb in practice," said L'Isle, "leaving out the prayer to gain time to take care of the provender." The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The soy-bean can be raised in the United States wherever corn can be grown and provides provender for man and beast. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries I never passed through this building without seeing it well stocked with provender; while its area was filled with farmers, who, like our own, assemble to make the best bargain. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two His helpmates turned out depraved blackguards, who, by their excesses at Zanzibar and elsewhere, had ruined their constitutions, and prepared their systems to be fit provender for the grave. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi God sends us good provender, good pasture, good flocks and herds, good corn and fruits, and wood and water. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Its situation near the coast, and the strength of its fortress, made Le Crotoy one of the principal places on the sea line, whence stores and war provender could be carried into France. Joan of Arc We had, however, a good supply of provisions, and a voyageur is never discouraged while he has the provender before him. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. Van and the new supply of provender arrived together at the tent where the partners made their temporary home. The Furnace of Gold Then labour services are substituted for the old provender rents, and thus the Church acquires a demesne, and thus the foundations of the manorial system, still to be traced all over the country, were laid. A Short History of English Agriculture So they made their raid, and came back laden with provender. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith His horses, blankets, money, provender, and even his saddle are at his friend's disposal. Sundown Slim As to your horse, good sir," answered the Fisherman, "I have no better stable to offer him than the shady meadow, and no provender but the grass which grows upon it. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know However, in those exciting days there were many little moving distractions about to keep one from brooding o'ermuch on thoughts of lacking provender. One Third Off Only in the towns were garrisons whom we must fear, for they sent out parties to raid the land for provender and plunder and to keep the poor folk from rising on them. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut They also carried provender for their teams and the only necessary cash expense was a sixpence each night for lodging. A Sketch of the History of Oneonta The individual from China and the individual from more than one other land, who comes to live with us, can exist on thirty-five cents a day and think his provender the fat of the land. A Man and a Woman I know Aunt Charlotte wants me to go into the town with her to buy provender for this bun-trouble of hers to-morrow. Austin and His Friends It did not occur to me that cutting down my daily consumption of provender might prove helpful to the success of the proposed undertaking. One Third Off Swimming slowly, the mother whale filled her mouth again and again with the tiny darting squid, till she had strained out and swallowed perhaps a ton of the pulpy provender. Children of the Wild "Why, what do you call them, sir?" the colonel cried, triumphantly, pointing to the unconscious brutes, who were eating their provender in the stable which we had built just adjoining the store. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia In six days they reached the Torgau, crossed by swimming their horses, and fell upon the Kalmucks, who were dispersed 10 for many a league in search of food or provender for their camels. De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars Here was the means of making more manure; he had his cow, and he had also straw enough for her provender during the winter. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three I wanted to reduce my bulk, but I did not want to reduce my provender. One Third Off At last, apparently having decided that the Child was nothing worth taking further notice of, it dropped on all fours, nibbled at a leaf, discarded it, and hopped off to find more tasty provender. Children of the Wild When he had secured the provender, and was ready to resume his journey, he began to yawn, and to exhibit the most unequivocal symptoms of fatigue. Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The next day, of course, was one of festivity; every boy brought, in fact, as much provender as would serve six; but the surplus gave Mat some good dinners for three months to come. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Presently, he said, there should be sent to the strand oxen and casks of mead as provender for the voyage, and Hakon was most welcome to take the ship if he would. A Sea Queen's Sailing Other animals, that sleep in winter without laying up any provender, are observed to go into their winter beds fat and strong, but return to day-light in the spring season very lean and feeble. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life In the height of his good-humor, however, he did his best by signs to express his entire approval of the widow's provender, and even attempted to speak. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific England and the European countries took but little of this sort of provender, and moreover England, France, Holland, and Portugal had their own fishing fleets on the Banks. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Billy opened his bag of provender, selected a crust, and began to munch it very deliberately. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Then he spoke to the fishers and told them that they had to do this, at the same time bidding some get provender and be ready to go with him instantly. A Sea Queen's Sailing The day seemed too short, and the provender lasted well. The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin This afternoon the carpenter went ashore in the cutter, with several of the people, to look for provender. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 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 I have a little provender here for you to eat in the diligence, as you will not have time for a regular meal. Israel Potter Their travelling expenses are next to nothing; as the Indians are under such entire subjection to the Spaniards, that they always find them in lodgings free, and provide them with provender for their mules. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 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 But some people think sandwiches poor provender unless they are the fancy kind, with olives and nuts in them. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics On their way back they had the good fortune to light upon a stray horse, which they converted into provender: they also shot a moose deer; and thus providentially supplied, they suffered little from want. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. Why, thou cormorant, thou greedy kite, is't not enough to consume victuals and provender under my own roof, but thou must guttle 'em here too? Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The Doctor's man had brought a bundle of blankets and an axe, from Springer's, and I, like Dalgetty, carried the provender. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) It is said to be injurious to cattle, if eaten as green provender, the straw is therefore first dried, and is then preferable to that of rice. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Mr. Stewart has a farm at Tuckahoe, where the invalid horses are kept, and where much of their provender is raised. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made The provender of mountain beasts, not horses, you are speaking of. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Two of the abbot's servants, stretched before a smouldering heap of turf, were scarcely roused by the vociferations of Will, as he strode over them in his way to the provender. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 There are four different trees producing a species of beans; two of which are good eating, the third is employed as provender for horses, and ink is made from the fourth. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 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 As Julian proceeded to supply his beloved one with a §14 of the provender, St. Tomkins stood before them with a †15 in his . Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 "No; we are far from safe yet," panted Allison, "but—'prayer and provender hinder no man's journey'; Duncan, let us spend one moment in silent prayer for success in reaching the Union lines." Elsie's Womanhood While the ladies were removing their furs, which were sodden with the melting snow, the farmer's wife was preparing a rough but ample meal of warm provender in the kitchen. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest The surplus beyond the necessary provender of the hour is what constitutes the world's progress, its philosophy, its art, all its stored material gains. The Way of a Man The quantity of clean moss considered requisite for each deer per day is four pounds; but they will go five or six days without provender, and not suffer materially. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 Says Philip Henry to his children, "Prayer and provender hinder no man’s journey." The Christian Home Everybody had to bring his own cooking utensils, provender and materials for making a fire. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Ephesus pitched a magnificent tent for his accommodation, Chios furnished his horses with provender, and himself with animals for sacrifice; and Lesbos supplied him with wine, and every thing else necessary for giving great entertainments. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I The horses are bought at the place of departure in the south of Russia and resold at the destination, usually Nishny-Novgorod, at a fair profit, the capstan boat carrying fodder and provender for the attendants. Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Two horses munching provender out of the baskets which muzzled them were fastened near the vehicle. Twice Told Tales There were none about, and we entered, and taking refuge in a loft hid ourselves beneath some provender. The Boy Knight There was a knot of captives in its midst, among whom was the chief I had fought, wounded, indeed, but not badly, and our men were eating the enemy's provender and laughing. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Their provender thus notably increased, the party started in high spirits; but though they were advancing toward the pole, they were also advancing toward the Deep Sea, and the ice presented innumerable dangers. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 The meal in the open was most delightful; especially to Bob, after his long course of lumber-camp provender. The Rules of the Game Associated words: hangar, aviator, aërodynamics, aviatrix. foam, n. froth, spume, spumescence.--v. froth, spume. foamy, a. frothy, spumy. fodder, n. provender, forage, stover; ensilage. Putnam's Word Book They had been constantly crowded with prisoners, who devoured their provender—of which they never had any but a precarious supply. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter What powerful, graceful birds these scavengers are, stronger than the eagle even, tireless and seemingly motionless as they drift along searching every nook and cranny for their provender! Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico On Sunday last, in a village belonging to the arrondissement of Verdun, the keeper of the parish bull forgot to lay before the poor animal at the usual hour its accustomed allowance of provender. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 "Fried chicken is hardly applicable as lumber camp provender," pointed out Welton. The Rules of the Game Joe was ordered to give the horses water, and place a large quantity of provender within their reach. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Their arms are swords, bucklers, and lances; their bucklers being large and shaped like bee-hives, in which they are in use to give their camels drink, and their horses provender. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 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 The guide also engaged another man to accompany us with a horse, that carried provender for himself, and for the two animals we had brought with us. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland Clicot is providing the provender, I believe; I see his men here, and the ambition of Clicot's life is to create a new dish. The Man in Lonely Land The officers established themselves in a splinter-proof shelter at the back of the supporting trench, and partook of provender from their haversacks. The First Hundred Thousand He had stalls, a small granary, and a regular rack made for the accommodation of the horses, and procured, with difficulty and no little expense, a supply of provender. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described We managed to secure our mess-wagon, again, which was lucky, for it contained all our provender. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) "It's really very nice of you girls to offer to rob the farmers' fields to find provender for us," returned Greg. The High School Boys' Canoe Club And the days wore on to within a few hours of Passover and the larder was still empty of provender and the old Jew still full of faith. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He is also allowed to smoke, to exchange full-flavoured persiflage with his neighbours, and to refresh himself from time to time with mysterious items of provender wrapped in scraps of newspaper. The First Hundred Thousand The A.S.C. had waited in vain for the completion of the message, and had then, at dark, dispatched a convoy with provender for No. 2 with instructions to find No. 2. The Roll-Call Until we reached Suez our poor camels got not a drop to drink, and their food consisted of a scanty meal of bad provender once a day. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Heracleum Spondylium, alias Old Rot or Lumper-scrump, provides provender for cow, pig, swine, and hog, and also material for Bear's breeches. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems "But the provender, mistress," said the young man. Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times There were none about, and we entered, and, taking refuge in a loft, hid ourselves beneath some provender. Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades When all is over, he reports with unctuous solemnity that the provender in question has been blown out of his haversack by a shell. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand So, being an old campaigner, I followed up the stream of provender to the fountain-head, the kitchen. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator Do you want that kind of provender again? The Gentleman from Everywhere For the love of prince Charles," he said, "can you give us any provender, Mrs. Margaret? Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times Finally provender got low and the soldiers took to stealing. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives Sometimes it is only to carry a jar of beer up to the men in the field, and to mouch a good armful of fresh-cut clover for provender from the swathe. Hodge and His Masters He would have a train full of multifarious provender, and another train full of miscellanies—from field-guns to field-kitchens—with letters from wives and sweethearts in between. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front The patron sauntered to the open door to eat of his provender with lordly ease in the sight of an envious world. The Wrong Twin They watched until the Romans were absent getting provender and made an attempt upon their camp; but meanwhile the other soldiers, perceiving it, came to the rescue and killed a number of the assailants. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). We were in for a night, and had brought no provender, while all the food in camp was the half of an old goat and some flinty ship's biscuit. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II The choice is left to them of walking or being carried in carts, more provender being given to those who make the journey on foot. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 "Count me in for two dollars!" cried the crowd, favorably struck with the notion of paying for their provender. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Full caissons of ammunition were standing alongside, ready to feed the guns their death-dealing provender, and in the rear, all harnessed, were the horses, ready to bring up more caissons. In the Claws of the German Eagle He stuck to his circumvallation, kept seizing provender as was convenient, and sent after other forces from home. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Those who had provender to sell for horses were doing a roaring trade—short measure and high price; and the noise of grinding was incessant. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace She would rather have no masculine attentions at all than such poor provender for her feminine desire to conquer. The Bent Twig So much so is this the case that one full meal of this provender to an animal unused to it is sufficient to lead to a train of symptoms often ending fatally. Diseases of the Horse's Foot He wants to eat incessantly, and the elm-leaves wilt so quickly, if I bring them in, that the first thing I know, he's out of proper provender and off on a raid. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. Pancks recognised the sally in his usual way, and took in his provender in his usual way. Little Dorrit It may be, too, that I spoke somewhat shortly concerning the bran and the beans, the same being poor provender and unfitted for a man of my inches. The White Company My dim generalities are pretty poor provender for honest children's minds, I admit," he said humbly, "but what else have we to give them that isn't directly contradicted by our lives? The Bent Twig The horses had by this time finished the small store of provender, and fully breathed from their fatigues. The Black Arrow She filled his pouch with provender for the hunt. The Tarn of Eternity They went, however, and I waited long for food—no wonder—the gouty Sacristan was even too busy with his own provender to mind mine. Ivanhoe In the morning the horses started without undue urging as if tired of inaction and glad to go in the direction of provender. Arizona Sketches He looked before him and saw barley and provender, and so led his horse thither and smote off his bridle, and afterwards hath shut the door of the little house and locked it. The High History of the Holy Graal Two feet and more remained: provender—with care—for a month, till he harvested the waterside corn and ground it at Ashkirk mill. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Their armour laid they on the earth; Their steeds, yet breathing battle, stood thereby, And cribs were heaped with horses' provender. The Fall of Troy It appears that the heart cannot feel, that the brain cannot enjoy unless we're shovelling a varied assortment of provender into the belly. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 When the schoolmaster has put his pupil in possession of the open sesame he considers his duty done—that he has earned his provender. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 They were in the habit of visiting the stalls and stables secretly, and poisoning the provender of the animals, who almost immediately became sick. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain Wake had nothing in his pack but plasmon biscuits and raisins, for that, he said, was his mountaineering provender, but he was not averse to sampling my tinned stuff. Mr. Standfast And thirsty; assuredly the provender of those hairy brutes would have been most excellent stuff for the free-lunch counter of a saloon. Under the Andes The king and queen, the grand duke, and a basket of cold provender for immediate use, set forth from Calistoga in a double buggy; the crown prince, on horseback, led the way like an outrider. The Silverado Squatters Otherwise the transition through the small-hotel provender is apt to offer too little contrast for the fullest enjoyment. The Mountains They brought great baskets of provender and we had a feast. The University of Hard Knocks Such farmhouses as he came upon he gave a wide berth except at night, and then he only approached them stealthily for such provender as he might filch. The Mad King At this moment Case pere and mere emerged from the kitchen loaded with provender. The Oakdale Affair By two we had been landed at the mine, the buggy was gone again, and we were left to our own reflections and the basket of cold provender, until Hanson should arrive. The Silverado Squatters You would scarcely believe it, M. Fortunat, but I have positively been reduced to dining on credit at my club, because I had paid, that morning, for a month's provender for my horses! The Count's Millions He drove into the barn, the large door of which stood invitingly open, and unharnessed his horse, taking especial care to rub him down and set before him an ample supply of provender. Paul Prescott's Charge If others are the machines to provide this provender, they are the machines to read it. Walden Roger, however, had the obstinate viciousness of all good husbands, and he knew the delights of cold provender by heart. The Haunted Bookshop It strikes you as purely an occasion for purveying provender to man's interior. Captivating Mary Carstairs You know there are immense amounts of vegetables and other provender brought to London from the Continent every day. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 As to looking for provender on the little old ship that I settled to camp on, I knew that it was useless. In the Sargasso Sea A Novel The ambrosial and essential part of the fruit is lost with the bloom which is rubbed off in the market cart, and they become mere provender. Walden "Well, m'son," observed Bunt about half an hour after supper, "if your provender has shook down comfortable by now, we might as well jar loose and be moving along out yonder." A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West When horseflesh became more or less our daily provender, many Parisian bourgeois found their health failing. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Another favorite phrase is Montaigne's, "'Tis the best viaticum for this human journey," a phrase paralleled by the Rabbinic use of the Biblical "provender for the way." The Book of Delight and Other Papers The first thing they saw was the basket of provender Frank had left. Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods As his crib furnishes provender for the traveller's horse, and his larder provisions for his appetite, so his conversation furnishes the necessary aliment to his spirits. Excursions Carrying these in one hand, and the bottle of sherry and a glass in the other, she stole quietly back to the disused part of the house, and set her provender before its expectant consumer. The Talleyrand Maxim The journey through the inhabited region was easy; because there were good roads and there was plenty of provender for the horses. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy "The wolves had our provender on more than one occasion," he told them. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger The arriero had already unloaded his mules, and was endeavouring to find some provender for them and the poor horses. Life in Mexico In the unsavoury mound he grubbed and nosed and scraped dog-like, but could not uncover a single fragment that smelt of provender. Salted with Fire His invention consists of a hopper with a drop bottom in which the provender is placed. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. During the whole of the journey the camels had no other provender than the withered shrubs of the desert, my dromedary excepted, to which I gave a few handfuls of barley every evening. Travels in Syria and the Holy Land The negroes carried the provender for their horses, and no small portion of the food, and all of the cider that was necessary for their own consumption. Satanstoe Confined to the provender even their shepherds would have them contented withal, many would die. There & Back I stooped to search for it amongst the provender on which a mule was feeding; and the cursed animal gave me so violent a kick on the head, that I could not help roaring aloud. Tales and Novels — Volume 02 The Archbishop's wine cups were running dry, and the price of provisions had risen, the whole surrounding country being placed under contribution for provender and drink. The Strong Arm She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 2 These are the priests gathering their various provender, the free gift of every inhabitant of the city. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Except these not very risky raids for provender and such encounters as called for more than usually ingenious lying from Agathemer, we had no adventures. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Meantime, she was to be married— and Tristan was unprofitable provender. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution I found a bench to myself, and began to bite greedily into my provender. Hunger He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis There are many things to be planned, and counsels to be taken, and provender to be gathered. A Dreamer's Tales Placing them in his shed, he went back and carefully closed the door and began at his ease to munch the provender he had so adroitly got possession of. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories The roughly clad men sat down with a scraping of chair legs, and attacked their provender in businesslike silence. The Call of the Cumberlands These passengers, who would find it difficult to elbow their way unencumbered, find it next to impossible when their hands are burdened with uncut books, baskets of provender, and diminutive carpet-bags. The Englishwoman in America They provide for the banquet only the most spiritual provender. Castilian Days When morning came over the gleaming fields a company that had set out from Arn discovered the discovered the camping-place of the warriors, and brought pavilions and provender. A Dreamer's Tales In due time Gerrish delivered a hundred weight of this new provender, sealed in tin cans. My Friends at Brook Farm The first one we met was a colored woman, of whom I inquired where we could find a place to tarry for a night, and find provender for our horses. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Aaron laughed outright, arose, and began to shout to the black guide, who, along with Pegtop, had taken the beasts into the wood in search of provender. Tom Cringle's Log Here, free from all abuse, Remain a liege to me, And large your provender shall be.' Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes He has gone forth either for provender, Or to bring home some herb which soothes his pain. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles The head men of the villages willingly provided provender for the horses, while flour, milk, eggs, and fowls were forthcoming in sufficient quantities for the men, everything being strictly paid for. In Times of Peril "Yes, Master Guy, they are comfortably bestowed, with an abundance of provender." At Agincourt I paid my respects to the provender and claret; the hashed chicken was particularly good; bones rather large or so, but flesh white and delicate. Tom Cringle's Log They have bags of provender for the horses tied behind the conveyance, where also precariously hangs another man who might be the twin-brother of the driver. Olivia in India |
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