Heyford, tell thy comely wife that I and Hastings will sup with her to-morrow, for her hippocras is a rare dainty. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
Eat this slice of marchpane, it will help your digestion; then shall you be presented with a cup of claret hippocras, which is right healthful and stomachal. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
And I found them a lazy-person's hippocras recipe that can be made with locally-available spices. From Wordnik.com. [Even in a little thing] Reference
Yet I believe if they had possessed wine, even hippocras, they would have given it to us with a will. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
Lord Mountclere warmed from surface to centre as if he had drunk of hippocras, and, after holding her hand for some moments, raised it gently to his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Ethelberta] Reference
On special occasions, in the middle ages, after the dessert, hippocras was served, as they have liqueurs to this day on the Continent both after dinner and after the mid-day breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine] Reference
The guests had drunk so much hippocras by this time that they thought the bugs were funny, and walked them up and down the table until their little toothpick legs fell off, or set them on ladies 'headdresses or bosoms. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
2009 September « paper fruit paper fruit hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [2009 September « paper fruit] Reference
He raised his first glass of hippocras and gave thanks to his hostess. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of the King] Reference
The night is still young and the spices and hippocras will soon be served. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
"Was-hael," answered Godrith, draining his hippocras to Vebba's more potent ale. From Wordnik.com. [Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete] Reference
Maria, who was passing cakes and hippocras, set her waiter on the table and asked. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
You must have a little hippocras, and eat this wheaten cake we have baked for you. From Wordnik.com. [III. The Story of a Wheaten Cake. Book VI] Reference
White hippocras, Fricassees, nine Cold loins of veal, with dry toasts.sorts. with spice. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
Then, Oudarde went on, holding out a flask to her, here is hippocras; that will warm youdrink. From Wordnik.com. [III. The Story of a Wheaten Cake. Book VI] Reference
Thither he caused to be brought store of mirobolans, cashou, green ginger preserved, with plenty of hippocras, and delicious wine. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5] Reference
And for three days everybody who came to see the Princess was presented with a slice of bread - and-jam, a nightingale's egg, and some hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [Red Fairy Book] Reference
He vows he will drink no wine till Christmas, but is delighted to find that hippocras, being a mixture of two wines, is not necessarily included in his vow. From Wordnik.com. [Among Famous Books] Reference
He caused the baths to be brought forth, and the stoves to be heated, and pasties, tarts, and hippocras, and all the rest of God's good gifts, to be prepared largely and magnificently. From Wordnik.com. [Cent nouvelles nouvelles] Reference
And now there appeared the attendants, with hippocras, syrups, and comfits, by way of giving appetite for the supper, so that no further opportunity for private conversation was left to the two lords. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
As soon as Alwyn had departed, Madge appeared with the final refreshment, called "the Wines," consisting of spiced hippocras and confections, of the former of which the Nevile partook in solemn silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
Doctor Ruy, I will be so bold as to carry your daughter away for a cup of hippocras. ". From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
"mixed drinks," such as sack or hippocras, in which beer or wine was sophisticated with eggs, spices and sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of the Reformation] Reference
And for three days everybody who came to see the Princess was presented with a slice of bread-and-jam, a nightingale’s egg, and some hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Fairy Book] Reference
None of my patients seemed to think the hippocras cured their ailments, but they did seem to think it was highly effective at getting them drunk, especially when paired with gin and tonics in Raech’s case, beer in Jesse’s, and absinthe in John’s. From Wordnik.com. [hippocras « paper fruit] Reference
And since with the funnel and hippocras bag. From Wordnik.com. [There's a Shakespeare meme going around for Poetry Month, and I have to be contrary:] Reference
Its shadows chase with draughts of hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Will you have another draught of white hippocras?. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
And hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [hippocras « paper fruit] Reference
hippocras « paper fruit paper fruit hippocras. From Wordnik.com. [hippocras « paper fruit] Reference
A drink of fresh water were more grateful now than the daintiest hippocras. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Barons — Complete] Reference
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