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ANECDOTES OF SIR WALTER SCOTT

... visitors, till her husband at length became quite tired of seeing the same piece of cake sO often, and one day remlarked, when a guest was present: Really, Charlotte, this piece of cake of yours is begining to snake me aol emiclc mdli!' Sir Walter was also ...

Published: Friday 09 April 1852
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 699 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... I want a piece of cake. Mother—I havn't got any it's all gone, Caild-l know there's some up in the cupboard 1 saw it when yoo opened the door. Mother—Well, you don't need any now cake hurts children. it don't (whining), I do wa it a piece; mother, mayn't ...

THE Belfast News-Letter

... likewise, and dreminds one of the easy moral lessons in one d syllable which we were forced to spell in our ;, nursery days, and which were generelly some- i. what as follows:- John was a good boy. He n got a piece of cake. For John, our grown-up readers ...

Published: Thursday 31 March 1870
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2592 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

WALES DAY BY DAY

... my shoes are very thin; I got a little pocket to put a penny in I If you haven't got a penny, a piece of cake will do; if you haven't got a- piece of cake, God bless you ?? - It has neen remarked, with sdme degree of justice, that Welshmen grow up in ...

Published: Thursday 20 December 1894
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1489 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

FACTS AND FANCIES

... pianist, should have,a light easy touch. An opera singer receatly:gained a great reputa- tion for realism by snoring- in the sleep-walking scene of Somnambula. Come now, Master Tommy when mamma gives you a real nice piece of cake, what do you say 1 Please ...

Published: Tuesday 03 January 1888
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 857 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

MUTUAL ATTRACT!ON

... you do thab ? How dared you cried Susie Reed, with Hashing eyes and nery cheeks. She ran to the table, and snatching a piece of cake, went in search of the dog, whose whining she heard among some willows near the water not far away. But never was good ...

Published: Friday 23 January 1891
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 2366 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LONDON, NOVEMBER 18

... Ve confession to the effect that the piece of cake had been purloined fromi lthed pockebt 'of Mr. Busnell, the . er engineer. ?? That entleman, on'nlarnhig the'jcircum- t to stance, found, indeed, thats piece of cake hich he. had placed was gone, but. declared ...

Published: Tuesday 19 November 1861
Newspaper: Glasgow Herald
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2003 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

ADVENTURES OF EBENEZER LOBB

... buscuit or a piece of cake, MR LOBB? I will try a milk biscuit, thank you, I said I find plum cake bilious. But I mustn't say that, or you won't send me a piece of the wedding cake. She smiled bright!y. Ob, we must try and spare a ...

Published: Tuesday 09 May 1893
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1777 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

SCRAPS

... sorry you could notcome to my wedding, but you got the piece of cake sent you, didn't you? I made it myself. Mr Oldbaok- Ob, yes, it arrived safely, I am so glad. I sent you an awful big piece because I was sure you would like it. It must have weighed ...

Published: Saturday 18 February 1888
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1038 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

Young Folks' Column

... throng. Don't cry, we'll take you to your mother soon. Wouldn't you like a piece of cake? Yes, said the child. So the little Golden Age sat on his car with a huge piece of cake in his chubby hands, which he ate greedily, to the great amusement of the ...

Published: Friday 17 April 1885
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 2562 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

... Nantes, were set on fire, afewv days since, in a singular manner. Time farmer's son, a boy six years of age, was eating a piece of cake in the chimney corner, when a cat attempted several times to take it from him, and at last, in a fit of impatience, lie ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1372 | Page: 1 | Tags: News