10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFTERSUPPER»
Discover the use of
aftersupper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
aftersupper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bits about Home Matters
AfterSupper. Talk. "Afterdinner talk" has been thought of great importance. The
expression has passed intoliterature,withmany records of the good sayings it
included.Kingsand ministers condescend to make efforts at it; poets and
philosophers ...
2
Miss Velma's Journey of a Lifetime
Aftersupper,. children scary stories, which were done mostly during the winter
when the family didn't have to get up so early. The stories often focused on “
ghosts and evil spirits.” Living in the country where there were no street lights, the
nights ...
15. Chapter. AfterSupper. The kingtookSaintAignanbythearm,andpassedintothe
adjoining apartment. "What has detained you, comte?" said the king. "I
wasbringing theanswer,sire," replied the comte. "She has taken a long time to
reply to what ...
4
Dear America: Cannons at Dawn
Aftersupper,stillMonday. I am thinking about this morning at Headquarters. Sally
and I took our time going down the stairs for there were angry voices. We wanted
to listen. Villagers were lined up in the hallways, waiting to see General ...
5
Delphi Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated)
Aftersupper we wentto bedin thealcove, where thebeauty, the mental and
physical charms, the graceand the ardour ofmy lovely nun, castall mybad temper
to the winds, and soon restored me to my usual goodspirits. The nights being
shorter ...
Got to work aftersupper." And aftersupper they workeduntil ten o'clock,under the
blazing electric lights, until the last pieceof underclothing was ironed andfolded
away in the distributingroom. Itwasa hot California night,and though the windows
...
7
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Containing a ...
... the many that adorned his character, I should say they were his mixed punch
and his aftersupper song. Excuse my dwelling upon these melancholy
recollections of departed worth; you won't see a man like my uncle every day in
the week.
Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1842
Why, you may take it, and the devil burst you with it ! one cannot save a bit
aftersupper, but you are always ready to munch it up. Boy. Why, come, man, we
shall have good cheer anon at the bride-house, for your master 's gone to church
to be ...
9
Leaving Russia: A Jewish Story
Like a mighty bull having miraculously survived years of fighting, he would doze
off during aftersupper conversations in our kitchen, looking imposing and strong
also in slumber. The bespectacled round face of Masha Slepak carried a special
...
I must waittill aftersupper however, lest IoffendTicia's standards of gentility.What
of Kirdy?” “He betrayed me, youand the bureau. He was subjectto mental stress,
which was perhaps too much for him. I can't evade the feeling thathe knew very ...
