英语词汇“small beer”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

His missus sipped Jenny’s chowder, shuddered at the taste, and reached for her mug of small beer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid looking at the small beer belly that’s grown on him, though I’m aware of it, of the changes in his body, as he must be of mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Roger-dodger. Repeat: one Mama, one fries, one small beer. Fire for effect. Stand by.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night in London, even a night at the O2, is small beer compared to Taylor Swift's record-breaking success back home in the US. Taylor Swift ? review 2011-03-31T16:59:22Z

We stopped into the Café da Associação, the resident association’s bar, where a small beer cost 60 euro cents. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Rural Portugal, Ancient Villages, Homemade Delights and the Science of Mooching 2012-01-10T20:23:21Z

And when she ultimately uses the money to buy a cottage, Carson gets very snippy indeed: “This is very small beer.” 'Downton Abbey' Recap: Rumble With Lord G! 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z

Whereas the planned transgression of this one was less a stiff shot than small beer. Ricky Gervais Hosts the Golden Globes With Beer and Vinegar 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

She wants to build a swimming pool, the son should stay home from summer camp – it's all small beer. Who's afraid of the big C? 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

Presidential years make midterms — even the wave elections — look like small beer. Your boss lost an election, you lost a job — but Tom Manatos is here to save the day.

Sliders, brats and local brews make up this small beer garden that offers plenty of shady outdoor seating and occasional live music. West Virginia: Wild and wonderful and, okay, a little bit weird 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

After two episodes of small beer individual fighting and essential but not exactly kick-ass character development, this is what we have been waiting for. Defenders assemble! The kickass superheroes with no friends and a SuperDonald baddie 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

To brew Buzzard, a 3 percent “hoppy small beer” released in January, Matt Young, the director of brewing operations at the Chicago brewery Half Acre, boosted the body with wheat. More Brew and Less Buzz, With Low-Alcohol Beers 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Original Downtown Syncopators are small beer in comparison, but they don't care. Pop at the pictures: on the road with the Original Downtown Syncopators 2012-10-04T13:20:44Z

Intriguing, but small beer compared to the income discrepancies between the 1% at the top and the rest of us. TV highlights 11/07/2012 2012-07-10T18:59:01Z

Which I thought was very funny when I thought about the small beer that the Liberal party was. Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group 2013-01-18T17:16:43Z

"But it's small beer in terms of the overall value of the project they are building and the profit that they will take out of that," he added. Pylons: Is Scotland the blueprint for Suffolk's energy coast? 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

The soju will be served with shot glasses, while the beer is often served with small beer glasses. Soju swirls and hangover soup — Korean drinking traditions, explained 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z

But Close didn’t drink much at the time and was mocked by his peers for ordering only small beers. Maryland recovery center treats burnout and stress among first responders 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

At the blog Why Evolution is True, biostatistician Gregory Mayer described Farina and Gibbon's findings as "small beer." New evidence revives old questions about E.O. Wilson and race 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

In the midst of the multiple crises facing American higher education, tweaking tenure review and campus public relations may sound like small beer. Opinion | The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

To be sure — three of my favorite weasel words — these large home value increases are relatively small beer compared with the far bigger increase in the value of U.S. stocks over the same period. Perspective | Homeowners are doing great. Shareholders are doing even better. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

All of these dilemmas are small beer for human submarine captains. Teaching artificial intelligence to control navy submarines 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

Each night, she drinks a small beer, and says an appendectomy has been her only health issue so far. 'Try anything': Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

But it was considered a “small beer” – and was probably mildly alcoholic. 'Cronk rules everything around me': long-lost beverage resurrected after 120 years 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

But compared with the lives lost over 400 years by out-of-control slave catchers and police, looting is wrong, but small beer. Protests around the world: This time it’s different 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

But all this seems small beer compared to the risks involved. 'We are living through the first economic crisis of the Anthropocene' 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

When asked if there was a little hubris in saying more attacks from the Iranians or their proxies weren’t expected, Scales responded by saying, “Yeah, but this is small beer.” US military's Iran policy 'not going to change overnight,' Gen. Robert Scales says 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

He is working on expanding a small beer garden in the back to allow for outside live music performances. Bands bring big crowds to bar in small community of Farley 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

It's a big number - but the MAC says it's small beer. How has EU migration changed the UK? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Commerce, social media, finance and transport may come to look like small beer in future, however. Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

But this is still very small beer compared with the amount of energy stored by pumped hydro, which accounts for 96% of all energy storage worldwide. How your smart home could generate, store and sell energy 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

They also drink a great deal of small beer - a weak fermented drink which, unlike modern beer, is not made from hops. A stately home's Tudor takeover 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z

For the man who said of the Parkland school shooting “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon”, this sort of stuff is pretty small beer. Hair Force One: which films best describe the Trump era? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

That is small beer compared with the advantages enjoyed by the children of the educated and wealthy. Genes and backgrounds matter most to exam results 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

One employee monitored the small beer and wine section to manually check IDs. Amazon Go store, with cameras instead of cashiers, is opening to the public 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

In the real, physical, world, therefore, Britain First looks like pretty small beer. Twitter, Trump and the distortion of the public sphere | John Naughton 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

Go West Beer Fest at Eastern Market: One of the city's best small beer festivals is a joint effort among the state societies of Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. 14 things to do in the D.C. area the weekend of Sept. 15-17 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer, The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

"When one considers that the Colosseum saw 450 years of people being killed, I think the occasional corporate dinner seems fairly small beer in comparison," says Agnes Crawford. Situation vacant: Running Rome's Colosseum - BBC News 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

In the broader universe of financial irregularities surrounding our president-elect, this represents relatively small beer. Uncle Sam to Donald Trump: Please explain these shady practices and dubious donations 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

Given that number, the $7 million, 10-year tax break Carrier is supposedly getting from Indiana —a handout that has stirred all sorts of outrage — is small beer. When bodyslamming big companies is good for America 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

But that is small beer in a country of 100m where the median age is 23 or so: most Filipinos do not remember Marcos’s regime at all. Hail to the thief 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Before the invention of modern sanitation, people would drink small beer when fresh water was unavailable. The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Hillary Clinton’s email problems are small beer compared with the risk Trump presents to our republic and to our security. Clinton win would check the direct Trump threat to democracy 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

I found this pretty small beer compared to the heroic fight against tuberculosis that Kidder recounted so memorably in “Mountains Beyond Mountains.” Tracy Kidder’s ‘A Truck Full of Money’: the search for the soul of a digital entrepreneur 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

But it was probably small beer compared with what goes on now, especially given that China has entered the cyberfray. So who put the cyber into cybersex? 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

The Competition Commission also recommended that AB InBev continue to supply hops and malt to small beer producers. AB InBev-SABMiller Deal Clears a South Africa Hurdle 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

In September 1620, the Mayflower set sail, with just over 100 passengers and a hold laden with small beer—the low-alcohol brew preferred by Englishmen. The Beer That Made America 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

There's also a small beer list, and bar snacks, which include marinated olives, candied mixed nuts and something called an Adult Lunchable — a bento box with cheeses, charcuterie and crackers. Highland Park is about to get a new, serious cocktail bar, called ETA 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Mr Banescu says: "We named the beer Zaganu as a parallel between the small beer factories that disappeared, and the disappearance of the eagle." Don't tell Lenin: making money from communist nostalgia - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

That is small beer next to $28 trillion in total Chinese debt. Fight or flight 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

But this is still small beer compared with what the Greek government originally promised. Is Greece really on the road to recovery? - BBC News 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Compared with strategic weapons, 1,240 Javelin missiles are small beer. Message From Battlefield Ukraine 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

That’s because the proposal would likely squeeze the kind of small beer and wine producers that have built a burgeoning craft brewing industry in northern Colorado and Weld County. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

But in the context of a mountain stage this is small beer and both the youngsters can hope to press on up the standings in the Pyrenees. Will anyone stop Chris Froome winning the Tour de France again? | William Fotheringham 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

In a tent?’ etc, etc,” adding a little later: “This is not a profound book … It is, in fact, small beer – a very little book, full of everyday doings and happenings.” Agatha Christie's little-known Syrian memoir to be republished 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

This of course is small beer compared to fines imposed by regulators in other countries. Deutsche Bank's Latest Fine Shows It Is Too Big To Manage 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

This is still small beer compared to the hundreds of thousands of petrol and diesel stations worldwide. Hydrogen, hydrogen everywhere... 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Against that, a group of actors on a paste-board set pretending to fly in space was pretty small beer. Why Leonard Nimoy Mattered 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Last year, CNR placed $3 billion orders abroad, and this is small beer compared to the Chinese domestic sales generated by the government’s recent investment binge. CNR: Inside The Bullet Train's Dragon Den 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

Conservatively presented, the priciest deals in baseball were at Fenway and Yankee Stadium, where one small beer and the price of the average ticket would run you $60.07 and $57.55, respectively. This MLB Team Has the Most Expensive Beer in Baseball 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

Hill tried to comfort himself with the fact that his efforts improved relations with South Korea, but that was small beer indeed. Book review: ‘Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy,’ by Christopher Hill

Compared to the currency, jobs, the price of food, and Scotland's place in the world, the games people play is small beer. Scottish independence and sport 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

But even the enlivening efforts of these fine players are small beer compared with Jolie’s imposing bellicosity as a horned, embittered avenging angel. Angelina Jolie dominates ‘Maleficent,’ a feminist-revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale

But mouth ulcers are small beer for him, and he's not interested in small psychosomatic effects. The people who believe in medical miracles 2014-03-10T09:39:28Z

Either of these is small beer compared with the excise tax on systemically important financial institutions, also known as SIFIs, which would raise $86 billion over the same period. DealBook: The So-Called Blackstone Bill, Resurrected 2014-02-27T11:50:38Z

But actually these are pretty small beer compared to what we will get when the Glass competition heats up and attendees get a choice of Glass-like products to augment their in-stadium experiences. Super Bowl 2014 And Google Glass, Stirring Up The Lifestyle Computing Revolution 2014-01-29T13:30:00Z

That may sound a lot, but in high-energy physics it is small beer. Particle accelerators: Small really is beautiful 2013-10-17T15:02:27Z

It sounds a lot but compared with Crossrail is small beer, he argues. A bridge across the Irish Sea and four other amazing plans 2013-08-14T11:15:41Z

The changes may seem small beer, yet they quickly add up. Lloyds Banking Group: Industrial revolution 2013-08-08T15:00:01Z

Compared with Apple or Android, which move scores of millions, this is still small beer, but it all counts. Nokia's Stephen Elop: 'Strategically, we have an opening' 2013-07-13T23:06:02Z

But all this is small beer compared with what Germany is doing as part of its Energiewende, or change in energy policy. The economy: Dissecting the miracle 2013-06-13T15:10:47Z

In terms of central government giving and taking – the traditional stuff of Red Books – it was as small beer as that penny off a pint indicates. George Osborne is using Britons as economic cannon fodder 2013-03-25T20:01:01Z

The handouts were small beer, given the scale of our living standards crisis and another real pay cut for public servants. Budget 2013: Osborne's 'small beer' fails experts' taste test 2013-03-20T18:50:34Z

This may seem small beer compared with the UK's £1.5tn economy. Budget 2013: what does it mean for science and innovation? 2013-03-20T17:29:00Z

Still, Cyprus banks are small beer and did not pose a risk to international finance by themselves. Cyprus: the dramatic choice it faces 2013-03-19T18:37:02Z

Creating a star in a laboratory is small beer compared with creating a black hole. Table-top astrophysics: How to build a multiverse 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z

But that is all small beer compared with online growth. How John Lewis found fashion and became never knowingly underdressed 2013-03-10T00:06:04Z

It will collectively raise the 11 countries involved £30bn a year – no small beer. Why Labour should put the Robin Hood tax centre stage 2013-01-22T15:30:57Z

While the government has belatedly recognised the need to restore capital spending, the £5bn of extra investment promised for roads and schools, though welcome, is small beer. Osborne's interviews and autumn statement reaction: Politics live blog 2012-12-06T15:38:03Z

Fumbling an editorial change may seem like small beer when viewed against the backdrop of an industry in which bankruptcies are legion and rich business interests are buying newspapers as playthings. The Media Equation: At Washington Post, Katharine Weymouth Struggles for Surer Footing 2012-11-18T23:02:39Z

Being suspended from parliament might seem like small beer though when you compare it to what happened in the South Korean parliament in 2009. How unruly is the Scottish Parliament? 2012-09-10T10:43:33Z

Although Dragon Systems was worth everything to the Bakers, the company — with $70 million in revenue and 400 employees — was small beer on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs and a Sale Gone Horribly Awry 2012-07-14T19:11:39Z

Immigration also seems to have been small beer. What?s driving inequality? 2012-04-23T09:58:00Z

It took England almost 10 and a half hours to shift Chanderpaul, a monumental feat of concentration if small beer to some of his history of crease occupation. Windies fightback shakes England 2012-05-20T19:22:01Z

Compare the tale of Abbess Sophia whose small beer was miraculously turned into wine. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z

Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier, Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer; Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall, And when ye’re hot drink strong, or none at all. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z

As soon shall small beer take the sparkle of fizz. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z

A gentleman, calling for small beer at another gentleman's table, finding it very hard, gave it to the servant again without drinking. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z

Hawkesworth stared awhile, still half asleep; at last, thirsting for small beer, he opened the door and went into the parlour. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z

In two minutes, in truth, there remained of the buzzing crowd only the old curate of Troutbeck supping small beer with a toast in it. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z

If you had not guzzled at dinner, sir, and swilled small beer you would have remained awake instead of spoiling a good wig, and staining your soul! Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z

It was not so of yore, when all comers appeared to have taken the famous Highgate oath: "Never to drink small beer when you could get ale, unless you liked small beer best." Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z

Ed Balls, treasury spokesman for the opposition Labour Party, criticized the scale of the government initiative, calling it “rather small beer.” Homebuilders Get Cameron Boost With 5% Down Payments: Mortgages 2012-01-23T00:43:39Z

Good night, my dear Lyell; you will think I have been drinking some strong drink to write so much nonsense, but I did not even taste Minerva's small beer to-day.... Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z

"Fear or small beer, it is all the same!" exclaimed Cobo, with an insolent peal of laughter. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z

Jars are makeshifts, though useful makeshifts: and small beer will not keep in them for much more than a week. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z

Do you not know that for two days we have lived on nothing but dry bread and small beer?” 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

This may seem like small beer relative to the growing challenges facing the world economy. Mona Lisa Will Look Great Hanging on China’s Wall: William Pesek 2011-11-01T22:16:27Z

He gulps down the Lachrima Christi of her exquisite love as if it were the small beer of pietistic commonplace, and then looks disappointed to find that it was not. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z

The reluctant host left the apartment for a second or two, and presently returned, followed by the farmer's wife, who placed on the table a jug of small beer, and some bread and cheese. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z

If it came to the point, our guns would make small beer of the Turkish garrison. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z

He is one of the main supporters of a proposal that would cut taxes for small beer makers like the Samuel Adams Brewery in Boston. Lawmakers Want to End Tax Breaks, if They Can Agree What They Are 2011-10-03T01:31:13Z

There are important tax cuts—and then there is small beer. President Obama?s claim of lower small business taxes 2011-09-28T10:00:00Z

"Nay, then, neighbour," called back Sevenoakes, with much solemnity, "Christmas comes but once a year, when it comes it brings good cheer—'tis no time for caudles, or small beer!" A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z

The recent drop in the S&P 500 since is therefore small beer. Bears, bulls and Smurfs stalk the 'ice age' of the world's stock markets 2011-08-09T20:01:39Z

The impact of Fox News support of the Tea Party movement on the US body politic makes the UK phone scandal look like small beer. Letters: The long arm of corporate influence 2011-07-31T20:00:05Z

Next to Bernard L. Madoff and the sins of the subprime era, the supposed shenanigans of a few Chinese companies might seem like small beer. China to Wall Street: The Side-Door Shuffle 2011-07-23T16:52:32Z

It makes Richard Agar's recent criticism of James Child seem like very small beer. Super League Set of Six 2011-07-11T15:12:56Z

The chronicling of small beer is a waste of labour. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z

He’s gone away thinking no small beer of us. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z

From brown bread and small beer, From being taken stealing deer, From all that hath been named here, 5Quesemus te. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z

When they have no milk to dilute it with, they add an equal quantity of water to the Syra, and mix the whole with flummery, which mixture they prefer to small beer. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z

“To me the experience was like a long walk for a small beer,” he said. Advertising: Casting Yourself in a Wild, Forgotten Night 2011-05-02T03:15:56Z

For some weeks, certain pure spirits had been fomenting the small beer of civil war, and in spite of vaticanation, it broke out at last, and was a rash proceeding. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z

So the brothers were poor that winter, and when Christmas came they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of rusty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z

Lovers of pleasure will think small beer of these desultory annotations. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z

However, compared with the last time the drop came calling in east London, what went on between Mark Noble and Rob Green was small beer. Mark Noble and Rob Green trade blows as cracks show at West Ham 2011-04-11T06:01:00Z

A proverbial phrase applied to very small beer, implying that no quantity of it will cause intoxication. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z

Digging in during a cricket match becomes small beer in comparison. England's survival instincts puts World Cup peak in reach 2011-03-23T00:06:01Z

Tell me, can you descend to small beer? Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z

As I said before, small beer is too frequently neglected, because the master or mistress of a family drink but a small quantity of it. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z

It would never do for her to think small beer of her lover. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z

The stump of a cabbage, and the proverb means much the same thing as "Spare no expense, bring another bottle of small beer." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z

Your uncle is but small beer in London at best. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z

"Wherever the devil it comes from, the small beer here bangs Banagher; but for the matter of temper he was one of yourselves! and by my sowl, it's a family not easily matched!" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z

If you observe the before mentioned directions you will not have your small beer so unpleasant, particularly when your cask is nearly out. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z

But against the backdrop of the major transatlantic tie-ups, this plan is looking fairly small beer. Analysis:Asian exchanges could miss M&A wave on tough regulation 2011-02-14T06:13:58Z

In Kent and Sussex it is also often applied to small, very small beer; even thin gruel is called "cat-lap." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z

"Come, come; dinner, dinner," said Barton, cutting short Mrs. Darrow's small beer chronicles. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z

That’s small beer compared with the tens of thousands dead in Iraq. Egypt Chaos Defines Bleeding in Despotic Arab World: Tariq Ali 2011-02-04T00:24:30Z

I verily believe there would be less good small beer consumed in a family of servants and workmen, than if it were inferior and bad in its quality. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z

After an hour we at last got into a hot cheery sort of cabaret and drank small beer and ate all sorts of grills, also clams. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z

For Roman Abramovich this was small beer compared to the Champions League. Penalties are a small price to pay if FA Cup is to remain relevant 2011-01-28T15:15:00Z

Which, at a grand total of $800, makes the fuss at the Emirates look like very small beer. Planet Sport: Zinedine Zidane's neurons fizz over yoghurt 2011-01-22T22:53:05Z

Even money turns the head of the multitude, but money is small beer compared to the fiery potential wine of literary recognition. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z

The small beer must derive a considerable advantage from those hops when a guile of ale was only brewed from them. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z

The hit to revenues this year appears to be about £100m, which is small beer in the context of group turnover of £2.6bn or so. Are Capita's plans a pipe dream? 2010-11-18T20:52:00Z

Seven new scientists may seem small beer, but as Ceram now draws no state subsidy and depends for its income on private clients, their hiring suggests returning confidence. Fire returns to the Potteries' heart 2010-10-16T06:00:00Z

After all, these crimes are no small beer. The Technology newsbucket: fighting cybercrime, N8 launch pics, HTML5 win and more 2010-10-03T21:36:00Z

While few made such a dramatic switch from champagne to small beer it was not uncommon to see the bigger names of previous years slogging away in humbler surroundings. Penthouse players like Berbatov no longer desire a basement twilight 2010-09-24T12:43:00Z

He is earning millions through not playing cricket, the income from which would be small beer by comparison. Mike Selvey's verdict on Andrew Flintoff 2010-08-03T15:35:00Z

NBA dreams The sums are small beer compared with the massive earning potential of those who convert their scholarship into a place with an NBA team. The basketball solution to student debt 2010-06-14T12:52:00Z

Why agree to fix a couple of frames in exhibition matches for a bribe that, given his overall earnings from the sport, seemed like small beer? Roy Greenslade: How News of the World entrapped John Higgins 2010-05-10T11:13:00Z

Yet this is small beer by comparison with Indian audiences. Cricket booms in India: A big hit 2010-03-25T12:06:00Z

In other words, AB InBev is focusing on a grand strategy, which means that what happens in Belgium now is small beer. 2010-01-21T08:20:00Z

And so could I ride on mine own account like a young nobleman, and thought no small beer of myself. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim

Compared with bricks and mortar and big landlords he's small beer, So we'll snub, snub, snub, snub, snub, snub the British Volunteer! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887.

Zero, I said to myself, means just nothing at all: why then has this man—who, by the way, thinks no small beer of himself—adopted such an extraordinary name? Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa

A judicious labourer would probably always have some ale in his house, and have small beer for the general drink. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

Nay, the honest part of the faculty deny not the use of small beer, well brewed, even in fevers. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe

Don't think he will prize small beer, when he can get champagne. The Dog

Then he grudgingly set up a small beer, mostly foam, and flung some small-coin change down on the bar before Tam. Marley's Chain

It had all turned out very small beer indeed, except so far as Electra was concerned. Rose MacLeod

When you have drawn off the ale-wort, you proceed to put into the mashing tub water for the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

Moore wrote of Castlereagh that— ‘He gave out his small beer with the air of a chap Who thinks to himself, ’T is prodigious fine tap.’ The London Pulpit

We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night; porridge and small beer was my uncle’s diet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)

In that cursed conventicle, as chill as an icicle, I caught a bad cold in my head, And some impudent vassal stole all of my wassail, And left me small beer in its stead. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion

However, my son Teddy made his first appearance in it, and had such a big success that I soon forgot that for me the play was rather “small beer.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908

I have now done with the ale, and it remains for me to speak of the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

The matter which these letters have to chronicle is often the very smallest of small beer. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

He took a pull at the small beer, which probably reminded him of hospitable duties, for his next speech ran thus: “If ye’re dry, ye’ll find water behind the door.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)

And he drank it off as if it were small beer. Absolution

But even Mr. Trollope does not confine himself to chronicling small beer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9

When the small beer mash has stood its hour, draw it off as in Paragraph 47, and put it into the tun-tub as you did the ale-wort. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

If you have only small beer to chronicle you can at the worst draw it and froth it and pour it out with some gesture. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing

The sour Medoc was sparingly drunk, mixed with sugar and water; some drank home-brewed small beer, the majority only water. Skipper Worse

Johnson describes Mrs. Barbauld as suckling fools and chronicling small beer. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

He had breakfasted with the Lady Mary's women at six off warm small beer and fresh meat, but it was eleven already, and he had spent all his money upon good letters. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court

Take the basket away, throw the hops to the dunghill, and leave the small beer liquid to cool in the mashing-tub. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

Incidentally, I had to clean the lamps and fetch small beer to the leading lady, which duties were perfunctorily performed. The Strollers

If, like Prince Hal, they remember amid their feasting “that good creature, small beer,” they do not drink it without being offered nobler beverages. The Red Hand of Ulster

A lady asked her butler how she might best save a barrel of excellent small beer; he answered, "By placing a cask of strong beer by it." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists.

So the brothers were poor that winter, and when Christmas came they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of musty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales

When it is necessary, in case of falling short in the quantity wanted to fill up the ale cask, some may be taken from the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend

To effect this object, he ordered from his merchant in Scotland a consignment of barley, and a Scotch brewer and his wife to cultivate the grain, and make small beer. Patrick Henry

Wine and small beer were drunk during this second course; and when the colonel called for beer, he called the butler, Friend, and asked whether the beer was good. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

I would not hurt thee, thou two-penny-halfpenny drawer of small beer. In the Days of Drake

Take one quart of fine flour; wet it with warm milk, and six table-spoonfuls of small beer yest, a quarter of a pound of butter, and a little salt. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.

In three pints of small beer, put two ounces of ivory black, and one pennyworth of brown sugar. 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

And this chronicler of the Bernards, as well as of something better than small beer, soon handed me a large glassful of this prince of wines. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI

With small beer, good ale, and wine, O, ye gods! how I shall dine!” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual

As if I did not know the difference betwixt small beer and good ale!” In the Days of Drake

We have sat to "Suckle fools, and chronicle small beer;" and, in inglorious ease, have forgotten that we are integral parts in the fabric of human society—that all that interests the race, interests us. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

Add three quarters of a pint of small beer, the same of water, a large onion stuck with cloves, some whole pepper, a slice of lemon, and a little salt. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families

I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

Snow, and small beer, have been recommended by some economists as admirable substitutes for eggs; they will no more answer this purpose than as substitutes for sugar or brandy. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual

He must not take it, either in the form of liqueurs, cordials, wine, or even small beer. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease

It looks black, and is really small beer. Through Finland in Carts

Strain off the hops, and reserve them for the small beer. 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

Wine and water or small beer, weak broth. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

To 'suckle fools and chronicle small beer' Is not the whole intent of womanhood. The Woman Who Dared

He cannot be counted poor that hath so many pearls, precious brown bread, precious small beer, precious plain clothes, etc. A History of Elizabethan Literature

The only things obtainable were black bread, soup made from cabbage, groats, a sort of buck-wheat porridge cooked in oil, and small beer or tea. Through Finland in Carts

Boil a quarter of a pound of the best black lead, with a pint of small beer, and a bit of soap the size of a walnut. 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

Flesh diet, with small beer, or wine and water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

She brought him out a chair, and then fetched some bread and cheese, and good small beer, which was all the pretty maid could get at. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror

That would suit as well as chronicling ecclesiastical small beer. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice

On each table stood a couple of large pewter soup-tureens filled with small beer; they drink from a sort of pewter soup ladle, which they replace on the edge of the pot after use. Through Finland in Carts

In order to clean these properly, boil a pound of pipe-maker's clay with a quart of water, a quart of small beer, and a bit of stone blue. 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

No stronger liquor than small beer, or wine diluted with twice its quantity of water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

“Well, I’m going to see that he gets nothing but the cider and small beer after this.” The Dragon of Wantley His Tale

Aristotle once sent his servant to the cellar to fetch wine:—and the fellow brought him back small beer. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

"This is the deplorable result of trying to ferment the small beer of cousinly affection into the Maronean wine of passionate love," thought Lord Mallow. Vixen, Volume III.

Add half vinegar and half small beer, enough to cover them. 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

Flesh-meat once a day, with small wine and water, or small beer, is preferable. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

Woman was no longer the captive of the seraglio, nor the chronicler of small beer. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

Their small beer, I grant, has come out of the same cellar as the wine; but this is not enough. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

So the brothers were poor that winter; and when Christmas came, they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of musty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Granny's Wonderful Chair

The best remedy is to fill an earthen dish with small beer, sweetened with coarse sugar, and set in the place infested. 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

No liquor stronger than small beer, or wine and water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

Nor was he born to chronicle the small beer of everyday life in that spirit of contemplative quietism which is bred out of abundant leisure and retirement. Studies in Literature and History

We gorillas have no brandy, no whisky, no wine, not even small beer, to inflame our blood. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.

You must not drink small beer while you can get strong, except you like the small best. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2

Boil up the copper as quick as possible for the second mash, whether intended for strong or small beer. 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

He then ceased to drink ale or wine alone; confining himself to small beer, or wine diluted with about thrice its quantity of water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life

Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean—though that's more vulgar like—sum un who does not think small beer of hisself. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851

I laughed, 'let us forget all about that, such a thing is really only "very small beer" indeed.' War and the Weird

But it was Christmas Eve and snowing outside—and he took a small beer! Cobb's Bill-of-Fare

A few spoonfuls of fresh small beer, or one of yeast, will answer instead of eggs. 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

It will cover every defect with a defect still greater; for who can call small beer tasteless when it is sour, or dull when it is bottled and has a froth upon it? Olla Podrida

At New York, they do drink a great deal of champaign; it is the small beer of the dinner-table. Diary in America, Series One

The agent evidently thought small beer of me for the admission. The Lady of the Basement Flat

The nursery makes very small beer of the cynic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916

Fresh small beer, or bottled malt liquors, will likewise serve instead of eggs. 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

To chronicle some more small beer, I may put down here that we dined last night at the Yacht Club. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah

They waked th' oldest son in small beer, an' was little thought of. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Lost trinkets were small beer at such time. The Grell Mystery

I allow a double quantity of malt to my small beer, and set it running for twelve days to every one that calls for it. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries

This will produce a much finer black varnish on the cast-iron, than either boiling the black lead with small beer and soap, or mixing it with white of egg, as is commonly practised. 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

No, no: it is small beer that sours. The Confidence-Man

A clerk in office, an accountant, a gauger of small beer, a songwriter for a tavern dinner, produces more. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

There was also a pewter mug for each, three-parts filled with small beer. Rattlin the Reefer

What a pity it is your good man will not keep to small beer.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook

The mash of ale must be allowed to steep three hours, table beer one hour, and small beer half an hour afterwards. 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

You see, he’s a sprig of nobility, as they call it, and what’s more he’s also a post-captain, and thinks no small beer of himself; so don’t forget what I say—here comes the purser.” Percival Keene

One lolling back with his legs stretched out, who was evidently the orator of the party, and thought no small beer of himself, was spinning an interesting yarn or making some amusing jokes. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin

Each guest was expected to drink several flasks, but as it tasted somewhat like bad small beer, they had no great satisfaction in performing the necessary ceremony. The Three Admirals

Suppose you take six bushels of malt, and two pounds of hops, and would make of it one barrel of strong, and two barrels of small beer. The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States

Put into a bason a glass of small beer, a glass of water, some pepper and salt, grated lemon peel, a bruised clove or two, and a spoonful of walnut pickle, or mushroom ketchup. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families

I shall do what I can for him, but I expect he’ll have a hot time, for the day boys are rather small beer. Tom, Dick and Harry

And may they who thereat repine, On brown bread and on small beer dine. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World

Lady —— spoke to the butler to be saving of an excellent cask of small beer, and asked him how it might be best preserved. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

They have just been round to every house begging a pint of small beer, with which they mean to get drunk; a royal treat for a wedding day, your honour!' The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg

Choose those that are large and moist, cut them open, and pour over them some boiling small beer. 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

Only once during the first year of his town life did he allow himself a glass of thin small beer, and that after a very profitable bargain. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag

The beer was the very cheapest of small beer, and never kept good at sea, owing to the continual motion of the ship. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.

It was another day of rather small beer in the Commons. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920

The poor drank chiefly beer and ale; the mildest sort, known as "small beer," was recommended to the man suffering from too strong drink of the night before. The Age of the Reformation

Those who drink only water or small beer at their meals, are able to eat and digest almost double the quantity of what they could, if they drank strong liquors. 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

While the sun shines, Blunt talks with wondrous force; But thunder mars small beer, and weak discourse. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2

Her duty would be no longer "to suckle fools and chronicle small beer," but to produce and bring up strong, vigorous, free, able, and intelligent citizens. Post-Prandial Philosophy

Ay, just as Shakspere hath it— "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." Early Reviews of English Poets

If you want antiquities, go toward Asia, and even then it is very small beer. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary

Warm an ounce of butter in half a pint of milk, put to it a spoonful or more of small beer yeast, and a little salt. 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

But the lady was not in an ill temper with everybody—certainly not with the stolid farmer-like man who was plodding his way through a rumpsteak washed down by small beer. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'

And ever since that happy time, Good wine has been my cheer, Now nothing puts me in a swoon But water or small beer. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour

A. No, I thank you, I took a drink of small beer at home before I came here. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish

Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth

Boil some slices of coarse beef in three quarts of water, and one of small beer. 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

He did not drink, for instance; one glass of wine, and a moderate quantity of small beer, being his allowance for dinner. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

To record such little matters would indeed be ‘to chronicle small beer.’ Memoir of Jane Austen

The wine being old, mild and delicate in flavor, he classed it in the same category with small beer, far underrating its beguiling potency. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters

The ordinary people are fond of this beverage; and for four or six sous they get a bottle of pleasant, refreshing, small beer. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two

The floors of the dining-room were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer p. 44in order to hide the dirt. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses

He ate half a leg of mutton; did not taste of small dishes, because small; drank Champagne and Burgundy as small beer during dinner, and Bordeaux after dinner, as the rest of the company. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2

For drink he had nothing but small beer; the water in the wooden casks was full of green, grassy, slimy things. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India

Can the brandy drinker cheer himself with draughts of small beer? The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters

His supper consists of an egg and a draught of small beer. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

"Let him jest with dignity, and let him be ironical upon useful subjects, leaving poor slaves to eat their porridge, or drink their small beer, in such vessels as they shall think proper." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions

Malt liquors are divided into small beer, strong beer, ale, and porter. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827

But cork, as it stops the bottle of gin, Or bungs the beer—the small beer—in, It pierced her heart like a corking-pin, To think of standing upon it! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood

On the day of its arrival, therefore, the "club" invariably met many hours before their wonted time, to discuss politics and pigtail, revolutions and small beer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832

It took possession of him too thoroughly, he said, with a plausible air, to allow of his affecting inebriety after holding an empty goblet to his lips, or swallowing mere toast-and-water or small beer. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character

Presently two of the planks were torn up by a sea, and several bags of coal, a barrel of small beer, and a few casks containing lime and sand, were all swept away. The Lighthouse

We, indeed, tax our beer; but the imposition on small beer is very far from heavy. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)

Am I not named first in her will? and did I not furnish her with my best small beer for more than six months? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader

For the rest, one might perhaps call it a draught of Naval small beer, but a very sparkling beverage and served with a highly attractive head upon it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917

Sure his heart was as light as a feather, Till his wife threw small beer on his joy By falling in love with a pippin, Which intirely murder’d the boy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841

For ourselves we care not for an orator’s standing like a teapot, if what he pours out be something better than mere hot-water or dead small beer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841

Wine, the lower sort of wine, little better than English small beer, pays 2d. a bottle. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)

This man was a brewer, who did not think “small beer” of himself, and inundated his country with “heavy wet,” in the shape of tears, for a long period. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841

The incipient characters necessary to the beginning, ripening in the middle, and, like the drinkers of small beer and October leaves, falling in the end. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841

He and his wife usually dined on brown bread, salt herrings, and small beer. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852

Their compilers display a degraded passion for chronicling small beer, and rake out the dust-heap of history in an ardent search after rubbish. Reviews

She was an excellent specimen of the old-fashioned mother and wife, and I believe sincerely thought her whole duty in life and the intention of her creation was "to suckle fools and chronicle small beer." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873

And with another nod, the old man turned into the public, where his mates were already enjoying the small beer of the moment. Harvest

They get not altogether drunk, but decidedly very talkative, and often quarrelsome, on a miserable modicum of their indigenous small beer, to a degree which would not be excusable if it were brandy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843

"No, no small beer," the prisoner said, "that was not proper for her." Trial of Mary Blandy

If naturalism was a reaction from the small beer of local color, so, in another fashion, was the flare-up of romance which attended and succeeded the Spanish War. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)

You would wonder what carking and caring there is among us for small beer and lean mutton, and starved lamb, and stopping gaps, and driving cattle from the corn. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)

However, my son Teddy made his first appearance in it, and had such a big success that I soon forgot that for me the play was rather "small beer." The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections

So get ye home, drink small beer, and be honest; Call in the Gentleman. Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10)

This of course is small beer; but the stuff called for at the low public in the village, or by the road just outside, though indescribably nauseous to a non-vitiated palate, is not 'small.' Hodge and His Masters

The next morning, which Rebecca thought was to dawn upon her fortune, found Sedley groaning in agonies, soothing the fever of his previous night's potation with small beer--for soda water was not invented yet. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction

Ethel had come in again bearing an additional chair, and Mrs. Chaffery appeared behind her, crowning the preparations with a jug of small beer. Love and Mr. Lewisham

Don't tell us that the human female never longs for other pastime than "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829

The cook of a man-of-war is no small beer, he is his Majesty's warrant officer, a much bigger wig than a poor little mid, with whom it is condescension on his part to jest. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829

Some said he would eat what no labourer or servant would touch; and, as he had stated, drank the same smallest of small beer. Hodge and His Masters

The broth reviving, and the bread was fair, The small beer grateful and as pepper strong, The beaf-steaks tender, and the pot-herbs young. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

It is, you will say perhaps, very small beer. What is Coming?

What did any man care, provided she chronicled small beer, whether she had taste, feeling, sentiment, anything? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861

Wonderfully cheap was the living in those days, when, at the Edinburgh ordinaries, a good dinner could be had for fourpence, small beer included. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861

Yet he drank small beer which the reapers despised, and drove about in a rusty old gig, with thousands to his credit at that old country bank. Hodge and His Masters

The custom of the shop fell off, because a story got abroad that she soured her small beer and other damageable commodities, by scowling on them. House of the Seven Gables

We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night; porridge and small beer was my uncle's diet. Kidnapped

But even Mr. Trollope does not confine himself to chronicling small beer. Memories and Portraits

I, too, could call for small beers and minimise by two-thirds the detestable freightage with which comradeship burdened one. John Barleycorn

The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer. Hodge and His Masters

Doth it not show vilely in me to desire small beer? The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

He took a pull at the small beer, which probably reminded him of hospitable duties, for his next speech ran thus: "If ye're dry ye'll find water behind the door." Kidnapped

When you be at the alehouse, you drink up the strong ale, and give me small beer: You tell me 'tis better than the strong to make me sing clear. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6

It was Johnny Heinhold who secretly warned me across the bar that I was getting pickled and advised me to take small beers. John Barleycorn

Coarse cold bacon and bread, cheese, and a jar of small beer, or a tin can of weak cold tea, were all they had to supply them with fresh strength for further labour. Hodge and His Masters

Belike then my appetite was not-princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

And now to my small beer again, which will have more of a head to it henceforward. Peter Ibbetson

He was met by a dirty lad whose gaping clothes were half hidden by a leather apron, and whose shoes protruded straw—a lad who smelt of the stable and small beer. The Highwayman

And not until the skipper ordered his first small beer did I order one for myself. John Barleycorn

Thunder—and probably small beer—behind the scenes. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870

Was I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820

By the Mutiny Act the innkeeper was required to find each foot-soldier lodging, diet, and small beer for fourpence a day. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780

The smallest of small beer was now his strongest drink. There & Back

In the morning Glyde, in a humble mood, drank quantities of small beer. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution

Suppose Sir Miles regaled his tenants with notoriously small beer, and his poor with especially thin broth? The Virginians

I was sick and longed for some small beer, while I lay unpitied at death's door, with a putrid fever, and though I had money I was not permitted to send for it. American Prisoners of the Revolution

Miss Arrowpoint colored, and Mr. Bult observed, with his usual phlegmatic stolidity, "Your pianist does not think small beer of himself." Daniel Deronda

She thinks small beer of painters, J. J.—well, we don't think small beer of ourselves, my noble friend. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

In my bag I have got bread and cheese, and in my bottle good small beer. English Fairy Tales

Other Fortunati tie up the endless purse, drink small beer, and go to bed with a tallow candle. The Virginians

Why, the little brown jug, ma'am, is as much as I can manage even of our small beer now. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War

Because she'd rustle her fine silks at me and look through me and try to make me feel I was only small beer. Peregrine's Progress

By the statute of King James I. one full quart of the best beer or ale was to be sold for one penny, and two quarts of small beer for one penny. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829

Is it not diverting to see a periodical supported, not by the spirits of the age, but by the small beers, with now and then a few ales and porters? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 283, November 17, 1827

I ate a bit at six o'clock, and drunk a deal of small beer, and I am almost my own man again now. The Virginians

Next to that, says he, rum's the safest for a wise man, and small beer for a fool. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858

To conclude, the only two plagues he trembles at is small beer and the Spanish Inquisition. Character Writings of the 17th Century

But it is not merely the Germans who think small beer of small nationalities. The War and Democracy

Tea, coffee, chocolate, small beer, soda water, lemonade, &c., which are nearly all water, quench the thirst very well, it is true; but not quite so well as water alone would. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health

I beseech the gods of good fellowship thou may'st fall into a consumption with drinking small beer! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8

Strain off the hops, and keep for the small beer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827

We shall be of no use whatever to God, and precious small beer for the devil. Nonsenseorship

To try it soon on our small beer— 'Twill save us several pound a year. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe

They seem too petty for a man of any stature—a sort of small beer for babes and sucklings. Without Prejudice

Generals who were as calm and grand in battle as Mont Blanc in a storm have been known to fume like small beer, in camp, at very slight annoyances. Opening a Chestnut Burr

By this time Jeph and Stead had returned with a jug of small beer, a horn cup, and three hunches of the barley loaf. Under the Storm

He seemed but half awake; and it was with drowsy voice that he called for a cup of cold small beer. Peveril of the Peak

As for the dragoons, they sprawled and lounged about the kitchen, playing cards or toss, and grumbling at the quantity and quality of the Greenwood brew of small beer, till Sukey was wellnigh desperate. Janice Meredith

This man has never drunk anything but small beer; he has always lived on vegetables, and has never eaten meat except on few occasions when he made a feast for his relations. Emile

Purser's swipes; small beer: so termed on board the king's ships, where it is furnished by the purser. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A cup of thy small beer, sweet hostess. Every Man in His Humor

My dear, don't you know it is a part of the privilege of a free-born Englishman to delight in hunting 'rats and mice and such small beer,' as much or more than the grand chasse? Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering

The fare was scanty enough, but we ate hungrily, and drank deeply of the fresh small beer which he fetched in a Liverpool jug. The Hidden Children

Humming, he paraded down to the buffet, where small beer and smaller tobacco were sold, to buy another pound of striped candy for the offspring of the Russian Jews. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man

I always fancy C�sarine has large ideas of her own on the subject of tipping, and thinks very small beer of the modest sums a mere secretary can alone afford to bestow upon her. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

After all the training I have bestowed on thee, is it possible that thou wouldst fain go back to make cheeses and brew small beer with those Yorkshire boors, rather than reign a princess? Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland

Mr and Mrs Trivett drank small beer, but their guest was regaled with cowslip wine, which she drank out of deference to the wishes of her kind host and hostess. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl

And he thinks no small beer of himself, either, for all he lives in that grubby little house; I shouldn't wonder if he thinks us beneath him.' In the Year of Jubilee

Companies of girls, neatly dressed and as far from depravity as possible, called for their glasses of small beer, and came forth again with merriment in treble key. Thyrza

It was the only chronicle of the small beer of current events in the days of the witch persecutions, and the expulsion of the Quakers, Baptists, and other schismatics. An Autobiography

After this accommodation, our landlord and we sat down at a board, and dined upon shin of beef most deliciously; our reckoning amounting to twopence halfpenny each, bread and small beer included. The Adventures of Roderick Random

And a cup of small beer, and a cake, good Daffodil. The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants.

Give me drink for take back—one port vine for Anna—she calabrate dis one time with me—and small beer for me. Anna Christie

For instead of the small beer, which they had promised St. Boniface to drink to the end of the world, the abbots of Fulda had the best wine in Germany, and the best table too. Roman and the Teuton

A chronicle of ripe vintages must pass lightly over small beer. Huntingtower

It was not very strong wine, but except for a little small beer, practically Godfrey had been brought up as a teetotaller for economy's sake, and it went to his head. Love Eternal

"Don't tell him so, sir, for he doesn't think small beer of himself." Foul Play

A cup of your small beer, sweet hostess. Every Man in His Humour

I may be asked, but to loiter with easy grace; surely you would not condemn them all to suckle fools, and chronicle small beer! Vindication of the Rights of Woman

It's all right for you to think small beer of yourself, and I don't see how you could think anything else just at present. April Hopes

The fact was, that Mr Mortimer Gazebee, junior partner in the firm Gumption, Gazebee & Gazebee, by no means considered himself to be made of that very disagreeable material which mortals call small beer. Doctor Thorne

I shall not be able to bear the smell of small beer and tobacco for a month to come.... Washington Irving

Then, much comforted by his naive orisons he enjoyed the sleep of youth and health until the entrance of the lay brother with the bread and small beer, which served as breakfast, in the morning. Sir Nigel

The pupils of the soldier's eyes contracted; he evidently felt the conversation slipping into generalities; he answered: "I can't see how thinking small beer of ourselves is going to do us any good!" The Island Pharisees

There is a famous sneer about the suckling of fools and the chronicling of small beer; but remember it was a rascal who uttered it. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh

What multitudes of men, what multitudes of women, my dears, pass off their ordinaire for port, their small beer for strong! Roundabout Papers

"Did you ever deal in small beer?" asked Henry, satirically. Put Yourself in His Place

There are two firkins of small beer and a tun of canary. Sir Nigel

Reaching it down I opened it forthwith and found therein a new-baked loaf, a roast capon delicately browned and a jar of small beer. Black Bartlemy's Treasure

I have very good claret from a friend, at the rate of fifteen-pence sterling a bottle; and excellent small beer as reasonable as in England. Travels through France and Italy

After she had ordered a small beer from the immediate waiter she took from her bag a box of cigarettes and lighted one with slightly exaggerated ease of manner. Strictly business: more stories of the four million

"Silence them blackguards!" shouted a barber, who was taking a pint of small beer along with his lady. Catherine: a Story

They carried with them some bread and cheese and small beer, and stayed there that day. Royalty Restored

Think of "filling high a cup of Samian wine;" small beer is nectar compared to it, and Byron himself always drank gin. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo

Well, at any rate, he thought rather small beer of the Grey Room. The Grey Room

Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. King Henry IV, Part 2

The floors of the dining rooms were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer, in order to hide the dirt. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1

Perhaps as this is not an historical novel, but a 'chronicle of small beer,' the trifling inaccuracy may be pardoned.—K. Penelope's Irish Experiences

He loved small beer, and for that copious brew, To roll ingurgitation till he slept, Rations exchanged with flavour for the adept: And merrily plied him captain, mate and crew. Poems — Volume 2

The favourite materials employed in the native cookery are sour cabbage, cucumbers, and kvass—a kind of very small beer made from black bread. Russia

I used to toddle along at her side when she carried each day the home-made bread and the bottle of small beer for father's dinner at the mill. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it

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TV highlights 11/07/2012 2012-07-10T18:59:01Z Which I thought was very funny when I thought about the small beer that the Liberal party was. Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group 2013-01-18T17:16:43Z "But it's small beer in terms of the overall value of the project they are building and the profit that they will take out of that," he added. Pylons: Is Scotland the blueprint for Suffolk's energy coast? 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The soju will be served with shot glasses, while the beer is often served with small beer glasses. Soju swirls and hangover soup — Korean drinking traditions, explained 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z But Close didn’t drink much at the time and was mocked by his peers for ordering only small beers. Maryland recovery center treats burnout and stress among first responders 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z At the blog Why Evolution is True, biostatistician Gregory Mayer described Farina and Gibbon's findings as "small beer." New evidence revives old questions about E.O. Wilson and race 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z In the midst of the multiple crises facing American higher education, tweaking tenure review and campus public relations may sound like small beer. Opinion \| The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z To be sure — three of my favorite weasel words — these large home value increases are relatively small beer compared with the far bigger increase in the value of U.S. stocks over the same period. Perspective \| Homeowners are doing great. Shareholders are doing even better. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z All of these dilemmas are small beer for human submarine captains. Teaching artificial intelligence to control navy submarines 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Each night, she drinks a small beer, and says an appendectomy has been her only health issue so far. 'Try anything': Japan's silver-haired cheer-dancing squad 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z But it was considered a “small beer” – and was probably mildly alcoholic. 'Cronk rules everything around me': long-lost beverage resurrected after 120 years 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z But compared with the lives lost over 400 years by out-of-control slave catchers and police, looting is wrong, but small beer. Protests around the world: This time it’s different 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z But all this seems small beer compared to the risks involved. 'We are living through the first economic crisis of the Anthropocene' 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z When asked if there was a little hubris in saying more attacks from the Iranians or their proxies weren’t expected, Scales responded by saying, “Yeah, but this is small beer.” US military's Iran policy 'not going to change overnight,' Gen. Robert Scales says 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z He is working on expanding a small beer garden in the back to allow for outside live music performances. Bands bring big crowds to bar in small community of Farley 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z It's a big number - but the MAC says it's small beer. How has EU migration changed the UK? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Commerce, social media, finance and transport may come to look like small beer in future, however. Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z But this is still very small beer compared with the amount of energy stored by pumped hydro, which accounts for 96% of all energy storage worldwide. How your smart home could generate, store and sell energy 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z They also drink a great deal of small beer - a weak fermented drink which, unlike modern beer, is not made from hops. A stately home's Tudor takeover 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z For the man who said of the Parkland school shooting “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon”, this sort of stuff is pretty small beer. Hair Force One: which films best describe the Trump era? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z That is small beer compared with the advantages enjoyed by the children of the educated and wealthy. Genes and backgrounds matter most to exam results 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z One employee monitored the small beer and wine section to manually check IDs. Amazon Go store, with cameras instead of cashiers, is opening to the public 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z In the real, physical, world, therefore, Britain First looks like pretty small beer. Twitter, Trump and the distortion of the public sphere \| John Naughton 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z Go West Beer Fest at Eastern Market: One of the city's best small beer festivals is a joint effort among the state societies of Alaska, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. 14 things to do in the D.C. area the weekend of Sept. 15-17 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer, The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z "When one considers that the Colosseum saw 450 years of people being killed, I think the occasional corporate dinner seems fairly small beer in comparison," says Agnes Crawford. Situation vacant: Running Rome's Colosseum - BBC News 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In the broader universe of financial irregularities surrounding our president-elect, this represents relatively small beer. Uncle Sam to Donald Trump: Please explain these shady practices and dubious donations 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Given that number, the $7 million, 10-year tax break Carrier is supposedly getting from Indiana —a handout that has stirred all sorts of outrage — is small beer. When bodyslamming big companies is good for America 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z But that is small beer in a country of 100m where the median age is 23 or so: most Filipinos do not remember Marcos’s regime at all. Hail to the thief 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Before the invention of modern sanitation, people would drink small beer when fresh water was unavailable. The headstones with unusual stories to tell - BBC News 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton’s email problems are small beer compared with the risk Trump presents to our republic and to our security. Clinton win would check the direct Trump threat to democracy 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z I found this pretty small beer compared to the heroic fight against tuberculosis that Kidder recounted so memorably in “Mountains Beyond Mountains.” Tracy Kidder’s ‘A Truck Full of Money’: the search for the soul of a digital entrepreneur 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z But it was probably small beer compared with what goes on now, especially given that China has entered the cyberfray. So who put the cyber into cybersex? 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The Competition Commission also recommended that AB InBev continue to supply hops and malt to small beer producers. AB InBev-SABMiller Deal Clears a South Africa Hurdle 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z In September 1620, the Mayflower set sail, with just over 100 passengers and a hold laden with small beer—the low-alcohol brew preferred by Englishmen. The Beer That Made America 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton’s email problems are small beer compared with the risk Trump presents to our republic and to our security. Clinton win would check the direct Trump threat to democracy 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z There's also a small beer list, and bar snacks, which include marinated olives, candied mixed nuts and something called an Adult Lunchable — a bento box with cheeses, charcuterie and crackers. Highland Park is about to get a new, serious cocktail bar, called ETA 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr Banescu says: "We named the beer Zaganu as a parallel between the small beer factories that disappeared, and the disappearance of the eagle." Don't tell Lenin: making money from communist nostalgia - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z That is small beer next to $28 trillion in total Chinese debt. Fight or flight 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But this is still small beer compared with what the Greek government originally promised. Is Greece really on the road to recovery? - BBC News 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Compared with strategic weapons, 1,240 Javelin missiles are small beer. Message From Battlefield Ukraine 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z That’s because the proposal would likely squeeze the kind of small beer and wine producers that have built a burgeoning craft brewing industry in northern Colorado and Weld County. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z But in the context of a mountain stage this is small beer and both the youngsters can hope to press on up the standings in the Pyrenees. Will anyone stop Chris Froome winning the Tour de France again? \| William Fotheringham 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z In a tent?’ etc, etc,” adding a little later: “This is not a profound book … It is, in fact, small beer – a very little book, full of everyday doings and happenings.” Agatha Christie's little-known Syrian memoir to be republished 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z This of course is small beer compared to fines imposed by regulators in other countries. Deutsche Bank's Latest Fine Shows It Is Too Big To Manage 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z This is still small beer compared to the hundreds of thousands of petrol and diesel stations worldwide. Hydrogen, hydrogen everywhere... 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Against that, a group of actors on a paste-board set pretending to fly in space was pretty small beer. Why Leonard Nimoy Mattered 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Last year, CNR placed $3 billion orders abroad, and this is small beer compared to the Chinese domestic sales generated by the government’s recent investment binge. CNR: Inside The Bullet Train's Dragon Den 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Conservatively presented, the priciest deals in baseball were at Fenway and Yankee Stadium, where one small beer and the price of the average ticket would run you $60.07 and $57.55, respectively. This MLB Team Has the Most Expensive Beer in Baseball 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Hill tried to comfort himself with the fact that his efforts improved relations with South Korea, but that was small beer indeed. Book review: ‘Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy,’ by Christopher Hill Compared to the currency, jobs, the price of food, and Scotland's place in the world, the games people play is small beer. Scottish independence and sport 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But even the enlivening efforts of these fine players are small beer compared with Jolie’s imposing bellicosity as a horned, embittered avenging angel. Angelina Jolie dominates ‘Maleficent,’ a feminist-revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale But mouth ulcers are small beer for him, and he's not interested in small psychosomatic effects. The people who believe in medical miracles 2014-03-10T09:39:28Z Either of these is small beer compared with the excise tax on systemically important financial institutions, also known as SIFIs, which would raise $86 billion over the same period. DealBook: The So-Called Blackstone Bill, Resurrected 2014-02-27T11:50:38Z But actually these are pretty small beer compared to what we will get when the Glass competition heats up and attendees get a choice of Glass-like products to augment their in-stadium experiences. Super Bowl 2014 And Google Glass, Stirring Up The Lifestyle Computing Revolution 2014-01-29T13:30:00Z That may sound a lot, but in high-energy physics it is small beer. Particle accelerators: Small really is beautiful 2013-10-17T15:02:27Z It sounds a lot but compared with Crossrail is small beer, he argues. A bridge across the Irish Sea and four other amazing plans 2013-08-14T11:15:41Z The changes may seem small beer, yet they quickly add up. Lloyds Banking Group: Industrial revolution 2013-08-08T15:00:01Z Compared with Apple or Android, which move scores of millions, this is still small beer, but it all counts. Nokia's Stephen Elop: 'Strategically, we have an opening' 2013-07-13T23:06:02Z But all this is small beer compared with what Germany is doing as part of its Energiewende, or change in energy policy. The economy: Dissecting the miracle 2013-06-13T15:10:47Z In terms of central government giving and taking – the traditional stuff of Red Books – it was as small beer as that penny off a pint indicates. George Osborne is using Britons as economic cannon fodder 2013-03-25T20:01:01Z The handouts were small beer, given the scale of our living standards crisis and another real pay cut for public servants. Budget 2013: Osborne's 'small beer' fails experts' taste test 2013-03-20T18:50:34Z This may seem small beer compared with the UK's £1.5tn economy. Budget 2013: what does it mean for science and innovation? 2013-03-20T17:29:00Z Still, Cyprus banks are small beer and did not pose a risk to international finance by themselves. Cyprus: the dramatic choice it faces 2013-03-19T18:37:02Z Creating a star in a laboratory is small beer compared with creating a black hole. Table-top astrophysics: How to build a multiverse 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z But that is all small beer compared with online growth. How John Lewis found fashion and became never knowingly underdressed 2013-03-10T00:06:04Z It will collectively raise the 11 countries involved £30bn a year – no small beer. Why Labour should put the Robin Hood tax centre stage 2013-01-22T15:30:57Z While the government has belatedly recognised the need to restore capital spending, the £5bn of extra investment promised for roads and schools, though welcome, is small beer. Osborne's interviews and autumn statement reaction: Politics live blog 2012-12-06T15:38:03Z Fumbling an editorial change may seem like small beer when viewed against the backdrop of an industry in which bankruptcies are legion and rich business interests are buying newspapers as playthings. The Media Equation: At Washington Post, Katharine Weymouth Struggles for Surer Footing 2012-11-18T23:02:39Z Being suspended from parliament might seem like small beer though when you compare it to what happened in the South Korean parliament in 2009. How unruly is the Scottish Parliament? 2012-09-10T10:43:33Z Although Dragon Systems was worth everything to the Bakers, the company — with $70 million in revenue and 400 employees — was small beer on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs and a Sale Gone Horribly Awry 2012-07-14T19:11:39Z Immigration also seems to have been small beer. What?s driving inequality? 2012-04-23T09:58:00Z It took England almost 10 and a half hours to shift Chanderpaul, a monumental feat of concentration if small beer to some of his history of crease occupation. Windies fightback shakes England 2012-05-20T19:22:01Z Compare the tale of Abbess Sophia whose small beer was miraculously turned into wine. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier, Who caught his death by drinking cold small beer; Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall, And when ye’re hot drink strong, or none at all. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z As soon shall small beer take the sparkle of fizz. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z A gentleman, calling for small beer at another gentleman's table, finding it very hard, gave it to the servant again without drinking. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Hawkesworth stared awhile, still half asleep; at last, thirsting for small beer, he opened the door and went into the parlour. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z In two minutes, in truth, there remained of the buzzing crowd only the old curate of Troutbeck supping small beer with a toast in it. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z If you had not guzzled at dinner, sir, and swilled small beer you would have remained awake instead of spoiling a good wig, and staining your soul! Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z It was not so of yore, when all comers appeared to have taken the famous Highgate oath: "Never to drink small beer when you could get ale, unless you liked small beer best." Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Ed Balls, treasury spokesman for the opposition Labour Party, criticized the scale of the government initiative, calling it “rather small beer.” Homebuilders Get Cameron Boost With 5% Down Payments: Mortgages 2012-01-23T00:43:39Z Good night, my dear Lyell; you will think I have been drinking some strong drink to write so much nonsense, but I did not even taste Minerva's small beer to-day.... Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z "Fear or small beer, it is all the same!" exclaimed Cobo, with an insolent peal of laughter. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Jars are makeshifts, though useful makeshifts: and small beer will not keep in them for much more than a week. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Do you not know that for two days we have lived on nothing but dry bread and small beer?” 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 This may seem like small beer relative to the growing challenges facing the world economy. Mona Lisa Will Look Great Hanging on China’s Wall: William Pesek 2011-11-01T22:16:27Z He gulps down the Lachrima Christi of her exquisite love as if it were the small beer of pietistic commonplace, and then looks disappointed to find that it was not. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The reluctant host left the apartment for a second or two, and presently returned, followed by the farmer's wife, who placed on the table a jug of small beer, and some bread and cheese. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z If it came to the point, our guns would make small beer of the Turkish garrison. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z He is one of the main supporters of a proposal that would cut taxes for small beer makers like the Samuel Adams Brewery in Boston. Lawmakers Want to End Tax Breaks, if They Can Agree What They Are 2011-10-03T01:31:13Z There are important tax cuts—and then there is small beer. President Obama?s claim of lower small business taxes 2011-09-28T10:00:00Z "Nay, then, neighbour," called back Sevenoakes, with much solemnity, "Christmas comes but once a year, when it comes it brings good cheer—'tis no time for caudles, or small beer!" A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z The recent drop in the S&P 500 since is therefore small beer. Bears, bulls and Smurfs stalk the 'ice age' of the world's stock markets 2011-08-09T20:01:39Z The impact of Fox News support of the Tea Party movement on the US body politic makes the UK phone scandal look like small beer. Letters: The long arm of corporate influence 2011-07-31T20:00:05Z Next to Bernard L. Madoff and the sins of the subprime era, the supposed shenanigans of a few Chinese companies might seem like small beer. China to Wall Street: The Side-Door Shuffle 2011-07-23T16:52:32Z It makes Richard Agar's recent criticism of James Child seem like very small beer. Super League Set of Six 2011-07-11T15:12:56Z The chronicling of small beer is a waste of labour. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z He’s gone away thinking no small beer of us. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z From brown bread and small beer, From being taken stealing deer, From all that hath been named here, 5Quesemus te. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z When they have no milk to dilute it with, they add an equal quantity of water to the Syra, and mix the whole with flummery, which mixture they prefer to small beer. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland 2011-05-10T02:01:00.460Z “To me the experience was like a long walk for a small beer,” he said. Advertising: Casting Yourself in a Wild, Forgotten Night 2011-05-02T03:15:56Z For some weeks, certain pure spirits had been fomenting the small beer of civil war, and in spite of vaticanation, it broke out at last, and was a rash proceeding. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z So the brothers were poor that winter, and when Christmas came they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of rusty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z Lovers of pleasure will think small beer of these desultory annotations. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z However, compared with the last time the drop came calling in east London, what went on between Mark Noble and Rob Green was small beer. Mark Noble and Rob Green trade blows as cracks show at West Ham 2011-04-11T06:01:00Z A proverbial phrase applied to very small beer, implying that no quantity of it will cause intoxication. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Digging in during a cricket match becomes small beer in comparison. England's survival instincts puts World Cup peak in reach 2011-03-23T00:06:01Z Tell me, can you descend to small beer? Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z As I said before, small beer is too frequently neglected, because the master or mistress of a family drink but a small quantity of it. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z It would never do for her to think small beer of her lover. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z The stump of a cabbage, and the proverb means much the same thing as "Spare no expense, bring another bottle of small beer." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Your uncle is but small beer in London at best. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z "Wherever the devil it comes from, the small beer here bangs Banagher; but for the matter of temper he was one of yourselves! and by my sowl, it's a family not easily matched!" Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z If you observe the before mentioned directions you will not have your small beer so unpleasant, particularly when your cask is nearly out. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z But against the backdrop of the major transatlantic tie-ups, this plan is looking fairly small beer. Analysis:Asian exchanges could miss M&A wave on tough regulation 2011-02-14T06:13:58Z In Kent and Sussex it is also often applied to small, very small beer; even thin gruel is called "cat-lap." Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z "Come, come; dinner, dinner," said Barton, cutting short Mrs. Darrow's small beer chronicles. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z That’s small beer compared with the tens of thousands dead in Iraq. Egypt Chaos Defines Bleeding in Despotic Arab World: Tariq Ali 2011-02-04T00:24:30Z I verily believe there would be less good small beer consumed in a family of servants and workmen, than if it were inferior and bad in its quality. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z After an hour we at last got into a hot cheery sort of cabaret and drank small beer and ate all sorts of grills, also clams. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z For Roman Abramovich this was small beer compared to the Champions League. Penalties are a small price to pay if FA Cup is to remain relevant 2011-01-28T15:15:00Z Which, at a grand total of $800, makes the fuss at the Emirates look like very small beer. Planet Sport: Zinedine Zidane's neurons fizz over yoghurt 2011-01-22T22:53:05Z Even money turns the head of the multitude, but money is small beer compared to the fiery potential wine of literary recognition. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The small beer must derive a considerable advantage from those hops when a guile of ale was only brewed from them. A Treatise on the Brewing of Beer 2011-03-19T02:00:12.343Z The hit to revenues this year appears to be about £100m, which is small beer in the context of group turnover of £2.6bn or so. Are Capita's plans a pipe dream? 2010-11-18T20:52:00Z Seven new scientists may seem small beer, but as Ceram now draws no state subsidy and depends for its income on private clients, their hiring suggests returning confidence. Fire returns to the Potteries' heart 2010-10-16T06:00:00Z After all, these crimes are no small beer. The Technology newsbucket: fighting cybercrime, N8 launch pics, HTML5 win and more 2010-10-03T21:36:00Z While few made such a dramatic switch from champagne to small beer it was not uncommon to see the bigger names of previous years slogging away in humbler surroundings. Penthouse players like Berbatov no longer desire a basement twilight 2010-09-24T12:43:00Z He is earning millions through not playing cricket, the income from which would be small beer by comparison. Mike Selvey's verdict on Andrew Flintoff 2010-08-03T15:35:00Z NBA dreams The sums are small beer compared with the massive earning potential of those who convert their scholarship into a place with an NBA team. The basketball solution to student debt 2010-06-14T12:52:00Z Why agree to fix a couple of frames in exhibition matches for a bribe that, given his overall earnings from the sport, seemed like small beer? Roy Greenslade: How News of the World entrapped John Higgins 2010-05-10T11:13:00Z Yet this is small beer by comparison with Indian audiences. Cricket booms in India: A big hit 2010-03-25T12:06:00Z In other words, AB InBev is focusing on a grand strategy, which means that what happens in Belgium now is small beer. 2010-01-21T08:20:00Z And so could I ride on mine own account like a young nobleman, and thought no small beer of myself. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Compared with bricks and mortar and big landlords he's small beer, So we'll snub, snub, snub, snub, snub, snub the British Volunteer! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 20, 1887. Zero, I said to myself, means just nothing at all: why then has this man—who, by the way, thinks no small beer of himself—adopted such an extraordinary name? Zero the Slaver A Romance of Equatorial Africa A judicious labourer would probably always have some ale in his house, and have small beer for the general drink. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Nay, the honest part of the faculty deny not the use of small beer, well brewed, even in fevers. Augusta Triumphans Or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe Don't think he will prize small beer, when he can get champagne. The Dog Then he grudgingly set up a small beer, mostly foam, and flung some small-coin change down on the bar before Tam. Marley's Chain It had all turned out very small beer indeed, except so far as Electra was concerned. Rose MacLeod When you have drawn off the ale-wort, you proceed to put into the mashing tub water for the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Moore wrote of Castlereagh that— ‘He gave out his small beer with the air of a chap Who thinks to himself, ’T is prodigious fine tap.’ The London Pulpit We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night; porridge and small beer was my uncle’s diet. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) In that cursed conventicle, as chill as an icicle, I caught a bad cold in my head, And some impudent vassal stole all of my wassail, And left me small beer in its stead. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion However, my son Teddy made his first appearance in it, and had such a big success that I soon forgot that for me the play was rather “small beer.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 I have now done with the ale, and it remains for me to speak of the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The matter which these letters have to chronicle is often the very smallest of small beer. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing He took a pull at the small beer, which probably reminded him of hospitable duties, for his next speech ran thus: “If ye’re dry, ye’ll find water behind the door.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) And he drank it off as if it were small beer. Absolution But even Mr. Trollope does not confine himself to chronicling small beer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 When the small beer mash has stood its hour, draw it off as in Paragraph 47, and put it into the tun-tub as you did the ale-wort. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend If you have only small beer to chronicle you can at the worst draw it and froth it and pour it out with some gesture. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing The sour Medoc was sparingly drunk, mixed with sugar and water; some drank home-brewed small beer, the majority only water. Skipper Worse Johnson describes Mrs. Barbauld as suckling fools and chronicling small beer. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen He had breakfasted with the Lady Mary's women at six off warm small beer and fresh meat, but it was eleven already, and he had spent all his money upon good letters. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Take the basket away, throw the hops to the dunghill, and leave the small beer liquid to cool in the mashing-tub. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Incidentally, I had to clean the lamps and fetch small beer to the leading lady, which duties were perfunctorily performed. The Strollers If, like Prince Hal, they remember amid their feasting “that good creature, small beer,” they do not drink it without being offered nobler beverages. The Red Hand of Ulster A lady asked her butler how she might best save a barrel of excellent small beer; he answered, "By placing a cask of strong beer by it." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. So the brothers were poor that winter, and when Christmas came they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of musty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales When it is necessary, in case of falling short in the quantity wanted to fill up the ale cask, some may be taken from the small beer. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend To effect this object, he ordered from his merchant in Scotland a consignment of barley, and a Scotch brewer and his wife to cultivate the grain, and make small beer. Patrick Henry Wine and small beer were drunk during this second course; and when the colonel called for beer, he called the butler, Friend, and asked whether the beer was good. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I would not hurt thee, thou two-penny-halfpenny drawer of small beer. In the Days of Drake Take one quart of fine flour; wet it with warm milk, and six table-spoonfuls of small beer yest, a quarter of a pound of butter, and a little salt. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. In three pints of small beer, put two ounces of ivory black, and one pennyworth of brown sugar. 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 And this chronicler of the Bernards, as well as of something better than small beer, soon handed me a large glassful of this prince of wines. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI With small beer, good ale, and wine, O, ye gods! how I shall dine!” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual As if I did not know the difference betwixt small beer and good ale!” In the Days of Drake We have sat to "Suckle fools, and chronicle small beer;" and, in inglorious ease, have forgotten that we are integral parts in the fabric of human society—that all that interests the race, interests us. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Add three quarters of a pint of small beer, the same of water, a large onion stuck with cloves, some whole pepper, a slice of lemon, and a little salt. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Snow, and small beer, have been recommended by some economists as admirable substitutes for eggs; they will no more answer this purpose than as substitutes for sugar or brandy. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual He must not take it, either in the form of liqueurs, cordials, wine, or even small beer. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease It looks black, and is really small beer. Through Finland in Carts Strain off the hops, and reserve them for the small beer. 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 Wine and water or small beer, weak broth. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life To 'suckle fools and chronicle small beer' Is not the whole intent of womanhood. The Woman Who Dared He cannot be counted poor that hath so many pearls, precious brown bread, precious small beer, precious plain clothes, etc. A History of Elizabethan Literature The only things obtainable were black bread, soup made from cabbage, groats, a sort of buck-wheat porridge cooked in oil, and small beer or tea. Through Finland in Carts Boil a quarter of a pound of the best black lead, with a pint of small beer, and a bit of soap the size of a walnut. 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 Flesh diet, with small beer, or wine and water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life She brought him out a chair, and then fetched some bread and cheese, and good small beer, which was all the pretty maid could get at. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror That would suit as well as chronicling ecclesiastical small beer. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice On each table stood a couple of large pewter soup-tureens filled with small beer; they drink from a sort of pewter soup ladle, which they replace on the edge of the pot after use. Through Finland in Carts In order to clean these properly, boil a pound of pipe-maker's clay with a quart of water, a quart of small beer, and a bit of stone blue. 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 No stronger liquor than small beer, or wine diluted with twice its quantity of water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life “Well, I’m going to see that he gets nothing but the cider and small beer after this.” The Dragon of Wantley His Tale Aristotle once sent his servant to the cellar to fetch wine:—and the fellow brought him back small beer. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II "This is the deplorable result of trying to ferment the small beer of cousinly affection into the Maronean wine of passionate love," thought Lord Mallow. Vixen, Volume III. Add half vinegar and half small beer, enough to cover them. 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 Flesh-meat once a day, with small wine and water, or small beer, is preferable. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Woman was no longer the captive of the seraglio, nor the chronicler of small beer. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Their small beer, I grant, has come out of the same cellar as the wine; but this is not enough. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II So the brothers were poor that winter; and when Christmas came, they had nothing to feast on but a barley loaf, a piece of musty bacon, and some small beer of their own brewing. Granny's Wonderful Chair The best remedy is to fill an earthen dish with small beer, sweetened with coarse sugar, and set in the place infested. 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 No liquor stronger than small beer, or wine and water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Nor was he born to chronicle the small beer of everyday life in that spirit of contemplative quietism which is bred out of abundant leisure and retirement. Studies in Literature and History We gorillas have no brandy, no whisky, no wine, not even small beer, to inflame our blood. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. You must not drink small beer while you can get strong, except you like the small best. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Boil up the copper as quick as possible for the second mash, whether intended for strong or small beer. 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 He then ceased to drink ale or wine alone; confining himself to small beer, or wine diluted with about thrice its quantity of water. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Gumption is knowing; but when I say that sum un is gumptious, I mean—though that's more vulgar like—sum un who does not think small beer of hisself. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 I laughed, 'let us forget all about that, such a thing is really only "very small beer" indeed.' War and the Weird But it was Christmas Eve and snowing outside—and he took a small beer! Cobb's Bill-of-Fare A few spoonfuls of fresh small beer, or one of yeast, will answer instead of eggs. 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 It will cover every defect with a defect still greater; for who can call small beer tasteless when it is sour, or dull when it is bottled and has a froth upon it? Olla Podrida At New York, they do drink a great deal of champaign; it is the small beer of the dinner-table. Diary in America, Series One The agent evidently thought small beer of me for the admission. The Lady of the Basement Flat The nursery makes very small beer of the cynic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 Fresh small beer, or bottled malt liquors, will likewise serve instead of eggs. 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 To chronicle some more small beer, I may put down here that we dined last night at the Yacht Club. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah They waked th' oldest son in small beer, an' was little thought of. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Lost trinkets were small beer at such time. The Grell Mystery I allow a double quantity of malt to my small beer, and set it running for twelve days to every one that calls for it. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries This will produce a much finer black varnish on the cast-iron, than either boiling the black lead with small beer and soap, or mixing it with white of egg, as is commonly practised. 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 No, no: it is small beer that sours. The Confidence-Man A clerk in office, an accountant, a gauger of small beer, a songwriter for a tavern dinner, produces more. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection There was also a pewter mug for each, three-parts filled with small beer. Rattlin the Reefer What a pity it is your good man will not keep to small beer.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook The mash of ale must be allowed to steep three hours, table beer one hour, and small beer half an hour afterwards. 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 You see, he’s a sprig of nobility, as they call it, and what’s more he’s also a post-captain, and thinks no small beer of himself; so don’t forget what I say—here comes the purser.” Percival Keene One lolling back with his legs stretched out, who was evidently the orator of the party, and thought no small beer of himself, was spinning an interesting yarn or making some amusing jokes. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin Each guest was expected to drink several flasks, but as it tasted somewhat like bad small beer, they had no great satisfaction in performing the necessary ceremony. The Three Admirals Suppose you take six bushels of malt, and two pounds of hops, and would make of it one barrel of strong, and two barrels of small beer. The Practical Distiller An Introduction To Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States Put into a bason a glass of small beer, a glass of water, some pepper and salt, grated lemon peel, a bruised clove or two, and a spoonful of walnut pickle, or mushroom ketchup. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families I shall do what I can for him, but I expect he’ll have a hot time, for the day boys are rather small beer. Tom, Dick and Harry And may they who thereat repine, On brown bread and on small beer dine. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World Lady —— spoke to the butler to be saving of an excellent cask of small beer, and asked him how it might be best preserved. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings They have just been round to every house begging a pint of small beer, with which they mean to get drunk; a royal treat for a wedding day, your honour!' The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Choose those that are large and moist, cut them open, and pour over them some boiling small beer. 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 Only once during the first year of his town life did he allow himself a glass of thin small beer, and that after a very profitable bargain. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The beer was the very cheapest of small beer, and never kept good at sea, owing to the continual motion of the ship. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. It was another day of rather small beer in the Commons. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 The poor drank chiefly beer and ale; the mildest sort, known as "small beer," was recommended to the man suffering from too strong drink of the night before. The Age of the Reformation Those who drink only water or small beer at their meals, are able to eat and digest almost double the quantity of what they could, if they drank strong liquors. 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 While the sun shines, Blunt talks with wondrous force; But thunder mars small beer, and weak discourse. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Her duty would be no longer "to suckle fools and chronicle small beer," but to produce and bring up strong, vigorous, free, able, and intelligent citizens. Post-Prandial Philosophy Ay, just as Shakspere hath it— "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." Early Reviews of English Poets If you want antiquities, go toward Asia, and even then it is very small beer. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Warm an ounce of butter in half a pint of milk, put to it a spoonful or more of small beer yeast, and a little salt. 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 But the lady was not in an ill temper with everybody—certainly not with the stolid farmer-like man who was plodding his way through a rumpsteak washed down by small beer. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' And ever since that happy time, Good wine has been my cheer, Now nothing puts me in a swoon But water or small beer. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour A. No, I thank you, I took a drink of small beer at home before I came here. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth Boil some slices of coarse beef in three quarts of water, and one of small beer. 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 He did not drink, for instance; one glass of wine, and a moderate quantity of small beer, being his allowance for dinner. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 To record such little matters would indeed be ‘to chronicle small beer.’ Memoir of Jane Austen The wine being old, mild and delicate in flavor, he classed it in the same category with small beer, far underrating its beguiling potency. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters The ordinary people are fond of this beverage; and for four or six sous they get a bottle of pleasant, refreshing, small beer. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two The floors of the dining-room were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer p. 44in order to hide the dirt. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses He ate half a leg of mutton; did not taste of small dishes, because small; drank Champagne and Burgundy as small beer during dinner, and Bordeaux after dinner, as the rest of the company. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 For drink he had nothing but small beer; the water in the wooden casks was full of green, grassy, slimy things. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Can the brandy drinker cheer himself with draughts of small beer? The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters His supper consists of an egg and a draught of small beer. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 "Let him jest with dignity, and let him be ironical upon useful subjects, leaving poor slaves to eat their porridge, or drink their small beer, in such vessels as they shall think proper." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Malt liquors are divided into small beer, strong beer, ale, and porter. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 But cork, as it stops the bottle of gin, Or bungs the beer—the small beer—in, It pierced her heart like a corking-pin, To think of standing upon it! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood On the day of its arrival, therefore, the "club" invariably met many hours before their wonted time, to discuss politics and pigtail, revolutions and small beer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 It took possession of him too thoroughly, he said, with a plausible air, to allow of his affecting inebriety after holding an empty goblet to his lips, or swallowing mere toast-and-water or small beer. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Presently two of the planks were torn up by a sea, and several bags of coal, a barrel of small beer, and a few casks containing lime and sand, were all swept away. The Lighthouse We, indeed, tax our beer; but the imposition on small beer is very far from heavy. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Am I not named first in her will? and did I not furnish her with my best small beer for more than six months? McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader For the rest, one might perhaps call it a draught of Naval small beer, but a very sparkling beverage and served with a highly attractive head upon it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 18, 1917 Sure his heart was as light as a feather, Till his wife threw small beer on his joy By falling in love with a pippin, Which intirely murder’d the boy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841 For ourselves we care not for an orator’s standing like a teapot, if what he pours out be something better than mere hot-water or dead small beer. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Wine, the lower sort of wine, little better than English small beer, pays 2d. a bottle. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) This man was a brewer, who did not think “small beer” of himself, and inundated his country with “heavy wet,” in the shape of tears, for a long period. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 The incipient characters necessary to the beginning, ripening in the middle, and, like the drinkers of small beer and October leaves, falling in the end. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 He and his wife usually dined on brown bread, salt herrings, and small beer. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Their compilers display a degraded passion for chronicling small beer, and rake out the dust-heap of history in an ardent search after rubbish. Reviews She was an excellent specimen of the old-fashioned mother and wife, and I believe sincerely thought her whole duty in life and the intention of her creation was "to suckle fools and chronicle small beer." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 And with another nod, the old man turned into the public, where his mates were already enjoying the small beer of the moment. Harvest They get not altogether drunk, but decidedly very talkative, and often quarrelsome, on a miserable modicum of their indigenous small beer, to a degree which would not be excusable if it were brandy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 "No, no small beer," the prisoner said, "that was not proper for her." Trial of Mary Blandy If naturalism was a reaction from the small beer of local color, so, in another fashion, was the flare-up of romance which attended and succeeded the Spanish War. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) You would wonder what carking and caring there is among us for small beer and lean mutton, and starved lamb, and stopping gaps, and driving cattle from the corn. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) However, my son Teddy made his first appearance in it, and had such a big success that I soon forgot that for me the play was rather "small beer." The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections So get ye home, drink small beer, and be honest; Call in the Gentleman. Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) This of course is small beer; but the stuff called for at the low public in the village, or by the road just outside, though indescribably nauseous to a non-vitiated palate, is not 'small.' Hodge and His Masters The next morning, which Rebecca thought was to dawn upon her fortune, found Sedley groaning in agonies, soothing the fever of his previous night's potation with small beer--for soda water was not invented yet. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Ethel had come in again bearing an additional chair, and Mrs. Chaffery appeared behind her, crowning the preparations with a jug of small beer. Love and Mr. Lewisham Don't tell us that the human female never longs for other pastime than "To suckle fools and chronicle small beer." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829 The cook of a man-of-war is no small beer, he is his Majesty's warrant officer, a much bigger wig than a poor little mid, with whom it is condescension on his part to jest. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 Some said he would eat what no labourer or servant would touch; and, as he had stated, drank the same smallest of small beer. Hodge and His Masters The broth reviving, and the bread was fair, The small beer grateful and as pepper strong, The beaf-steaks tender, and the pot-herbs young. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook It is, you will say perhaps, very small beer. What is Coming? What did any man care, provided she chronicled small beer, whether she had taste, feeling, sentiment, anything? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Wonderfully cheap was the living in those days, when, at the Edinburgh ordinaries, a good dinner could be had for fourpence, small beer included. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Yet he drank small beer which the reapers despised, and drove about in a rusty old gig, with thousands to his credit at that old country bank. Hodge and His Masters The custom of the shop fell off, because a story got abroad that she soured her small beer and other damageable commodities, by scowling on them. House of the Seven Gables We had the porridge cold again at noon, and hot porridge at night; porridge and small beer was my uncle's diet. Kidnapped But even Mr. Trollope does not confine himself to chronicling small beer. Memories and Portraits I, too, could call for small beers and minimise by two-thirds the detestable freightage with which comradeship burdened one. John Barleycorn The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer. Hodge and His Masters Doth it not show vilely in me to desire small beer? The Complete Works of William Shakespeare He took a pull at the small beer, which probably reminded him of hospitable duties, for his next speech ran thus: "If ye're dry ye'll find water behind the door." Kidnapped When you be at the alehouse, you drink up the strong ale, and give me small beer: You tell me 'tis better than the strong to make me sing clear. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 It was Johnny Heinhold who secretly warned me across the bar that I was getting pickled and advised me to take small beers. John Barleycorn Coarse cold bacon and bread, cheese, and a jar of small beer, or a tin can of weak cold tea, were all they had to supply them with fresh strength for further labour. Hodge and His Masters Belike then my appetite was not-princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare And now to my small beer again, which will have more of a head to it henceforward. Peter Ibbetson He was met by a dirty lad whose gaping clothes were half hidden by a leather apron, and whose shoes protruded straw—a lad who smelt of the stable and small beer. The Highwayman And not until the skipper ordered his first small beer did I order one for myself. John Barleycorn Thunder—and probably small beer—behind the scenes. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 Was I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 By the Mutiny Act the innkeeper was required to find each foot-soldier lodging, diet, and small beer for fourpence a day. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 The smallest of small beer was now his strongest drink. There & Back In the morning Glyde, in a humble mood, drank quantities of small beer. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Suppose Sir Miles regaled his tenants with notoriously small beer, and his poor with especially thin broth? The Virginians I was sick and longed for some small beer, while I lay unpitied at death's door, with a putrid fever, and though I had money I was not permitted to send for it. American Prisoners of the Revolution Miss Arrowpoint colored, and Mr. Bult observed, with his usual phlegmatic stolidity, "Your pianist does not think small beer of himself." Daniel Deronda She thinks small beer of painters, J. J.—well, we don't think small beer of ourselves, my noble friend. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family In my bag I have got bread and cheese, and in my bottle good small beer. English Fairy Tales Other Fortunati tie up the endless purse, drink small beer, and go to bed with a tallow candle. The Virginians Why, the little brown jug, ma'am, is as much as I can manage even of our small beer now. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Because she'd rustle her fine silks at me and look through me and try to make me feel I was only small beer. Peregrine's Progress By the statute of King James I. one full quart of the best beer or ale was to be sold for one penny, and two quarts of small beer for one penny. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 Is it not diverting to see a periodical supported, not by the spirits of the age, but by the small beers, with now and then a few ales and porters? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 283, November 17, 1827 I ate a bit at six o'clock, and drunk a deal of small beer, and I am almost my own man again now. The Virginians Next to that, says he, rum's the safest for a wise man, and small beer for a fool. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 To conclude, the only two plagues he trembles at is small beer and the Spanish Inquisition. Character Writings of the 17th Century But it is not merely the Germans who think small beer of small nationalities. The War and Democracy Tea, coffee, chocolate, small beer, soda water, lemonade, &c., which are nearly all water, quench the thirst very well, it is true; but not quite so well as water alone would. The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health I beseech the gods of good fellowship thou may'st fall into a consumption with drinking small beer! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Strain off the hops, and keep for the small beer. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 269, August 18, 1827 We shall be of no use whatever to God, and precious small beer for the devil. Nonsenseorship To try it soon on our small beer— 'Twill save us several pound a year. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe They seem too petty for a man of any stature—a sort of small beer for babes and sucklings. Without Prejudice Generals who were as calm and grand in battle as Mont Blanc in a storm have been known to fume like small beer, in camp, at very slight annoyances. Opening a Chestnut Burr By this time Jeph and Stead had returned with a jug of small beer, a horn cup, and three hunches of the barley loaf. Under the Storm He seemed but half awake; and it was with drowsy voice that he called for a cup of cold small beer. Peveril of the Peak As for the dragoons, they sprawled and lounged about the kitchen, playing cards or toss, and grumbling at the quantity and quality of the Greenwood brew of small beer, till Sukey was wellnigh desperate. Janice Meredith This man has never drunk anything but small beer; he has always lived on vegetables, and has never eaten meat except on few occasions when he made a feast for his relations. Emile Purser's swipes; small beer: so termed on board the king's ships, where it is furnished by the purser. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A cup of thy small beer, sweet hostess. Every Man in His Humor My dear, don't you know it is a part of the privilege of a free-born Englishman to delight in hunting 'rats and mice and such small beer,' as much or more than the grand chasse? Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering The fare was scanty enough, but we ate hungrily, and drank deeply of the fresh small beer which he fetched in a Liverpool jug. The Hidden Children Humming, he paraded down to the buffet, where small beer and smaller tobacco were sold, to buy another pound of striped candy for the offspring of the Russian Jews. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man I always fancy C�sarine has large ideas of her own on the subject of tipping, and thinks very small beer of the modest sums a mere secretary can alone afford to bestow upon her. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay After all the training I have bestowed on thee, is it possible that thou wouldst fain go back to make cheeses and brew small beer with those Yorkshire boors, rather than reign a princess? Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Mr and Mrs Trivett drank small beer, but their guest was regaled with cowslip wine, which she drank out of deference to the wishes of her kind host and hostess. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl And he thinks no small beer of himself, either, for all he lives in that grubby little house; I shouldn't wonder if he thinks us beneath him.' In the Year of Jubilee Companies of girls, neatly dressed and as far from depravity as possible, called for their glasses of small beer, and came forth again with merriment in treble key. Thyrza It was the only chronicle of the small beer of current events in the days of the witch persecutions, and the expulsion of the Quakers, Baptists, and other schismatics. An Autobiography After this accommodation, our landlord and we sat down at a board, and dined upon shin of beef most deliciously; our reckoning amounting to twopence halfpenny each, bread and small beer included. The Adventures of Roderick Random And a cup of small beer, and a cake, good Daffodil. The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. Give me drink for take back—one port vine for Anna—she calabrate dis one time with me—and small beer for me. Anna Christie For instead of the small beer, which they had promised St. Boniface to drink to the end of the world, the abbots of Fulda had the best wine in Germany, and the best table too. Roman and the Teuton A chronicle of ripe vintages must pass lightly over small beer. Huntingtower It was not very strong wine, but except for a little small beer, practically Godfrey had been brought up as a teetotaller for economy's sake, and it went to his head. Love Eternal "Don't tell him so, sir, for he doesn't think small beer of himself." Foul Play A cup of your small beer, sweet hostess. Every Man in His Humour I may be asked, but to loiter with easy grace; surely you would not condemn them all to suckle fools, and chronicle small beer! Vindication of the Rights of Woman It's all right for you to think small beer of yourself, and I don't see how you could think anything else just at present. April Hopes The fact was, that Mr Mortimer Gazebee, junior partner in the firm Gumption, Gazebee & Gazebee, by no means considered himself to be made of that very disagreeable material which mortals call small beer. Doctor Thorne I shall not be able to bear the smell of small beer and tobacco for a month to come.... Washington Irving Then, much comforted by his naive orisons he enjoyed the sleep of youth and health until the entrance of the lay brother with the bread and small beer, which served as breakfast, in the morning. Sir Nigel The pupils of the soldier's eyes contracted; he evidently felt the conversation slipping into generalities; he answered: "I can't see how thinking small beer of ourselves is going to do us any good!" The Island Pharisees There is a famous sneer about the suckling of fools and the chronicling of small beer; but remember it was a rascal who uttered it. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh What multitudes of men, what multitudes of women, my dears, pass off their ordinaire for port, their small beer for strong! Roundabout Papers "Did you ever deal in small beer?" asked Henry, satirically. Put Yourself in His Place There are two firkins of small beer and a tun of canary. Sir Nigel Reaching it down I opened it forthwith and found therein a new-baked loaf, a roast capon delicately browned and a jar of small beer. Black Bartlemy's Treasure I have very good claret from a friend, at the rate of fifteen-pence sterling a bottle; and excellent small beer as reasonable as in England. Travels through France and Italy After she had ordered a small beer from the immediate waiter she took from her bag a box of cigarettes and lighted one with slightly exaggerated ease of manner. Strictly business: more stories of the four million "Silence them blackguards!" shouted a barber, who was taking a pint of small beer along with his lady. Catherine: a Story They carried with them some bread and cheese and small beer, and stayed there that day. Royalty Restored Think of "filling high a cup of Samian wine;" small beer is nectar compared to it, and Byron himself always drank gin. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo Well, at any rate, he thought rather small beer of the Grey Room. The Grey Room Belike then my appetite was not princely got; for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor creature, small beer. King Henry IV, Part 2 The floors of the dining rooms were uncarpeted, and were coloured brown with a wash made of soot and small beer, in order to hide the dirt. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Perhaps as this is not an historical novel, but a 'chronicle of small beer,' the trifling inaccuracy may be pardoned.—K. Penelope's Irish Experiences He loved small beer, and for that copious brew, To roll ingurgitation till he slept, Rations exchanged with flavour for the adept: And merrily plied him captain, mate and crew. Poems — Volume 2 The favourite materials employed in the native cookery are sour cabbage, cucumbers, and kvass—a kind of very small beer made from black bread. Russia I used to toddle along at her side when she carried each day the home-made bread and the bottle of small beer for father's dinner at the mill. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it
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