They were not exactly popular favorites, but they did receive certain undesirable morsels from the more charitable housewives.
Hitherto he had been teaching them a grand tragedy; he tore the tragedy in morsels, and came next day with a compact little comic trifle.
The former was a boy of fourteen, but when he drew out what had been a fiddle, crushed to morsels in the great-coat, he blubbered aloud; and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip in attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing; earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners.
To save something toward the repayment of those creditors was the object toward which he was now bending all his thoughts and efforts; and under the influence of this all-compelling demand of his nature, the somewhat profuse man, who hated to be stinted or to stint any one else in his own house, was gradually metamorphosed into the keen-eyed grudger of morsels.
I will back this ham," he added, after swallowing some morsels with alarming haste, "against any ham in the three kingdoms.
"Follows here the strict receipt For that sauce to dainty meat, Named Idleness, which many eat By preference, and call it sweet: First watch for morsels, like a hound Mix well with buffets, stir them round With good thick oil of flatteries, And froth with mean self-lauding lies.
The process could get messy with ice cream or sauces, but more solid morsels can be gobbled up in a flash a la Pac-Man in the arcade game.
Researchers found 70 percent of the juicy red morsels have traces of pesticides.
Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food.
They are the sycophants tailgating anyone who will toss them morsels of attention.
Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food.
Er kuai spicy chicken, Yunnan , This dish is little known outside of Yunnan province but Chinese foodies rave about er kuai, a savory rice cake made of glutinous rice paste that is steamed and then cut into small cubes and stir fried with fresh chili peppers and tender morsels of deep fried chicken.
In the beginning, Hem and Haw also raced toward Cheese Station C every morning to enjoy the tasty new morsels that awaited them.
"Amina," I said, as quietly as possible, "you must have guessed the surprise I felt, when the day after our marriage you declined to eat anything but a few morsels of rice, and altogether behaved in such a manner that most husbands would have been deeply wounded.
Then lighting a fire upon the ground they hacked morsels from the bird, and proceeded to roast them while I stood by aghast.
Sindbad, making a sign to him to approach, caused him to be seated at his right hand, and himself heaped choice morsels upon his plate, and poured out for him a draught of excellent wine, and presently, when the banquet drew to a close, spoke to him familiarly, asking his name and occupation.
Come, take these two wicked girls, they are tender morsels for you, fat as young quails, for mercy's sake eat them.
Two little morsels which fell out of the bird, answered they.
The smell of the delicious dishes which were being taken in and out reached her, and now and then the servants threw her a few morsels of them.
No, answered the joiner, I will not take the few morsels out of your mouths.
