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... meat supply is obtained at an enor- mous cost . Meat is the dearest part of human dietary ; and yet it is that which is not 8 THE CUPBOARD PAPERS .
... meat supply is obtained at an enor- mous cost . Meat is the dearest part of human dietary ; and yet it is that which is not 8 THE CUPBOARD PAPERS .
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... meat to them . ' ' But think of putting water with that wine ! It must be abominable ; I find it difficult to manage , pure . ' ' I never touch it , ' said the lady . The train drew up at the Ouchy station , and , while a trim girl ...
... meat to them . ' ' But think of putting water with that wine ! It must be abominable ; I find it difficult to manage , pure . ' ' I never touch it , ' said the lady . The train drew up at the Ouchy station , and , while a trim girl ...
Page 31
... meat , and sorrel for vegetables ! ' Mr. Boltt threw in , setting the little audience in a roar . ' You couldn't have anything much better in this weather , ' the calm philosopher from Cockayne went on , ' than a dish of the bright ...
... meat , and sorrel for vegetables ! ' Mr. Boltt threw in , setting the little audience in a roar . ' You couldn't have anything much better in this weather , ' the calm philosopher from Cockayne went on , ' than a dish of the bright ...
Page 45
... Place lives , lies in the economical soup , a soup com- posed of meat and vegetables , which is distributed to the indigent at the rate of eight centimes a litre , say two farthings a quart . He who desires to A FLEMISH MARKET . 45.
... Place lives , lies in the economical soup , a soup com- posed of meat and vegetables , which is distributed to the indigent at the rate of eight centimes a litre , say two farthings a quart . He who desires to A FLEMISH MARKET . 45.
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... meat , the other half to the vast fire and spits , and to the crowded counter , where a buxom woman was sell- ing the succulent viands and birds hissing hot . The rôtisseur also entered into negotiations for any of the birds on his ...
... meat , the other half to the vast fire and spits , and to the crowded counter , where a buxom woman was sell- ing the succulent viands and birds hissing hot . The rôtisseur also entered into negotiations for any of the birds on his ...
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Academy Notes Amélie Author bargain baronne basket BESANT and JAMES better Bloomsbury Baker boiling Boltt bread BRET HARTE cake Celestine centimes CHARLES GIBBON cheap cloth extra cloth limp Coloured cook Crown 8vo Cupboard Papers dear delightful Demy 8vo dinner dish Edited eggs England English Essay Facsimile Faubourg francs French hand honour husband JAMES PAYN JAMES RICE JULIAN HAWTHORNE JUSTIN MCCARTHY kitchen labourers Lady Southdown Larive laughed live London look LYNN LINTON MACQUOID Madame Barbizon Madame Michaux MARK TWAIN market-place meat Monsieur Fin-Bec Monsieur Tournebroche morning never numerous Illustrations observed onion OUIDA Paris Poems poor Portrait Post 8vo pot au feu Queen of Skirts Reginald Rosalie Ruggles Pick salad Small 8vo soup sous stalls taste Three Vols travelled vegetables W. H. MALLOCK WALTER BESANT wife WILKIE COLLINS woman
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