... Rcmans, uhose luxurious conna in honour of the Floralia is described in detail. With wind-thrushes from the Tagus and asparagus from Tarento, the guests drink, out of amethyst goblets, the red Massikian wine frosa SinueSsi. Such scenes as this compare ...

... Rcroans, whose luxurious ccena in honour of the Floralia is described in detail. With wind-thrushes from the Tagus and asparagus from Tarento, the guests drink, out of amethyst goblets, the red Massikian wine from Sinuessa. Such scenes as this compare ...

... reach even of a London back garden, though they do. not sound appetizing. Tomato and sardine sandwich, salsify sandwich, and asparagus sandwich are all of them new to us, and they may perhaps be good-the proof will be in the eating. This compilation has the ...

... UD either tongue in earnest; The book realizes itsaim admir'ably, and may be cordially recommended. From abductionto 'asparagus and froi ' pole-axe`' to A policeman, the traveller will find no handy phrase missing. The Temple edition of the Waverley ...

... vaunted beefsteak and vegetable:! last all the year round, and even under the most favourable circumstanesl i caviare and asparagus are the dainties of an all too short season. probablY fJ':s'hzci4 is meant by beetroot and bouillon, and a very good dish ...

... unusually abundant, tunny and -l l uttier fish in perfection, truffles have more perfume than at any other tuin ale first asparagus comes in, and life, in short, is a joy for those 0ho linc to eat. But in February indigestion and the Carnival make t- ` ...

... dyed ?? Indian catechu till they are bright as virgin copper. The crust of the loaf is a glossy romantic brown, the asparagus l ' wands of ivory tipped witlh pink. We need some imagination to I picture these things; and the commonplace reader, anxious ...

... seldom soporific: 0, the Spring's first greens! ' he cries, and when you turn the page to see if it is Brussels sprouts or asparagus that he means, you find it is only an old ash-tree. Alas ! there is little moving in Mr. Osmaston; but any reader is sure ...

... perfection, as butter is seldom made. This was followed by a loin of early lamb with the kidney, roasted to a turn, and early asparagus; and Mr. Simeon liked both these creatures. Nice new potatoes, too, mealy young things, served smoking hot in the whitest ...

... and leaves the marks of its claws where the hide is most vulnerable. LIe compares the famous Post Office fissures of Asparagus Island, which suck in a paper missive and then suddenly spirt out foam, as resembling an impertinent official when consulted ...

... Anjou ; every fruit you can think of, every vegetable that money can purchase at Covent Garden. . . . Working people eat asparagus, green peas, and strawberries every day, as they eat bread and cheese with us. . . Rich and poor alike have such stores of ...

... decidedly above the average. Take as specimens: He is sometimes so idle that his soul can not turn itself in its bed; or Asparagus is like gentility, it cannot be brought to table till several generations from the dung-hill, or the following incident ...