For we call viands and ointments fine; and we say we have finely dined, when we have been splendidly entertained. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
The soldiers, however, had some right to be in temporary possession, since the viands were their own. From Wordnik.com. [On the Heels of De Wet] Reference
We fed at the same times, on the same kind of viands, in the same dull manner, and with the same observances. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
Take off these viands, which already pall upon us!. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And bringing dainty viands in a golden cup and plate. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
They starved until the viands came on, then turned to. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
They've left their viands behind; for we have stomachs. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Another spiderful of the same viands sputtered on the stove. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Should she draw on the savings bank for more delicate viands?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
Many viands may be served "in disguise" and yet be very palatable. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
As for the thousand appetizing viands set before us, each must decide for herself what to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
Many people are led by their natural instinct to salt their viands in a proportion to suit them. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
The slaves waited on him, and placed before him viands with which he was at once pleased and astonished. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The Emir now set before him a collation composed of the most delicate viands, delicious fruits, and wines. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
He looked sadly and wistfully at the viands, ere he answered, "No, thank you, Gnädige Frau -- I must not.". From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
She gave him the best seat at the table, and the choicest viands to eat, and gave him everything he wished for. From Wordnik.com. [Finnish Legends for English Children] Reference
I wanted bed-sheets and ham and eggs for breakfast -- or whatever the Buenos Ayres equivalent was for those viands!. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
That she had resolved to live on the best intellectual food the world could offer, without tasting its heart viands?. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Jalaladdeen followed him, and was conducted into a chamber, where he was abundantly supplied with viands and liquors. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"Plain living and high thinking," was the motto of the philosopher-poet, and that table was never crowded with viands. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
He had evidently ransacked the whole bar to get viands wherewith to decorate the various dishes, which were as follows. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
They placed images of the gods upon cushions or couches and offered them viands, as if the images could really eat them. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Scarcely had he hung the last on the cage, when, on turning round, he saw a table behind him covered with costly viands. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Nothing was said, and we all busied ourselves with the viands before us, but the keeper was under our careful observation. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The entire scene is one of unintermitted war of every person with every other person, with the viands, and with good manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
To be signally successful at dinner-giving, care to make the talk interesting is as necessary as care in the preparation of viands. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
The costliest viands and wines spread out before them were ineffective to produce that festive gayety upon which they had calculated. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
A half hour before dinner, the "fool" hands each guest pencil and paper and menu card, and they are asked to guess the dinner viands. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
One glance into the brilliant saloon told him how many covers were required for supper, what wines, what viands, suited the occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
A guest at a dinner should not pass a plate or any article to another guest, or serve the viands, unless asked to do so by the hostess. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
The slaves then brought us the costly viands of Delhi; but Bennaskar remained pensive, and seemed not to relish the dainties before him. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Two glasses of liquid will then quite suffice for a person who would drink four if he ate his viands swallowing them down without chewing. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888] Reference
No seats: every couple occupy the first open standing room they can find at a table, and sup on whatever viands happen to be opposite them. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
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