Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges ; feeding, not themselves, but broods of nightmares, who were continually standing at livery within them. Spare men, with lank and rigid cheeks, came out unsatisfied from the destruction of heavy dishes,... The Works of Charles Dickens - Sivu 120tekijä(t) Charles Dickens - 1872Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Charles Dickens - 1844 - 372 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished — whole cucumbers at once, like sugarplums; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...from the destruction of heavy dishes, and glared with vratchful eyes upon the pastry. What Mrs Pawkins felt each day at dinner-time is hidde from all human... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1844 - 924 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished ; whole encumbers at once, like sugarplums ; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, bnt broods of night-mares, who were continually standing at livery within them. Spare men, with lank... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1846 - 740 sivua
...of the too* bly. The sharpest pickles vanished ; whole I cucumber* at once, like sugar-plumbs ; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...before the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to sec. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges ; feeding, not themselves, but broods of nightmares,... | |
| 1868 - 796 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to "the bar-room in the next block," where they... | |
| James Parton - 1868 - 156 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to "the barroom in the next block," where they... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1869 - 1252 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the son. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals boiled their food in wedges ;... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1877 - 558 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...within them. Spare men, with lank and rigid cheeks, саше out unsatisfied from the destruction of heavy dishes, and glared with watchful eyes upon the... | |
| James Parton, William Tegg - 1877 - 122 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to " the bar-room in the next block," where they... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1884 - 936 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and an a«vful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, but... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1892 - 844 sivua
...mouths of the assembly. The sharpest pickles vanished; whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums ; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible...matter melted away as ice before the sun. \ It was cm and an awfijLihing_ta_see. Dyspeptic individuals~rx5ttedtheir fooJHa^wedges; feeding, not themselves,... | |
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