Dishes

Examples

• I must reproach her with her faults, and then--she will throw the plates and dishes in my face! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Indeed, I am so unobservant of it, that to this day I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner of what dishes it consisted. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Dear Jane, how shall we ever recollect half the dishes for grandmama? Jane Austen. Emma.
• Among table appliances are toasters, coffee percolators, electric teapots, chafing dishes and numerous other articles that add to the convenience of preparing food. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• ELECTRIC CHAFING DISHES] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She was too tired, sometimes, even to smile, John grew dyspeptic after a course of dainty dishes and ungratefully demanded plain fare. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If their house was shabby, it was exquisitely kept; if there were good books on the shelves there were also good dishes on the table. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Nastasia brought the tea, with handleless Japanese cups and little covered dishes, placing the tray on a low table. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• While glass is in the soft, yielding, pliable state, it is molded into dishes, bottles, and other useful objects, such as lamp shades, globes, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The man who built it came from a MILIEU where all the dishes are put on the table at once. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If you gave up your highly-spiced dishes, your strong wines, your late hours, your breathing of poisonous air, you would be as healthy as I am. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I am myself a born and bred lady through it all, even though it comes to scouring a floor, or washing dishes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This is a convenience and economy, as one is able to cook two dishes of food at the cost of one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I can make you better dishes than that, and will when you come to see me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I know precisely the dishes you prefer---- She robbed these dishes of flavour, and made a fool of me besides. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• They had the same conversation; the same silver dishes; the same saddles of mutton, boiled turkeys, and entrees. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When light from any luminous object falls upon books, desks, or dishes, it meets rough surfaces, and hence undergoes diffuse reflection, and is scattered irregularly in all directions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• At last she amused herself at her country-house by sending her mother cart-loads of dishes, plates and saucepans, proposing to furnish her a house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It's naughty to fret, but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This explanation holds true for the removal of grease from any surface, whether of the body, clothing, furniture, or dishes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But when germs are outside the body, as in water or milk, or on clothing, dishes, or furniture, they can be easily killed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The shallow pan also serves as a cover for either of the deeper dishes or for a hot-cake griddle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We had two courses, of three dishes each. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Let me assure them that this little bundle of letters would give more joy than all the candelabra and butter-dishes in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Putting on a big apron, she fell to work and got the dishes piled up ready for washing, when she discovered that the fire was out. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The side-dishes contain pommes de terre au naturel, and choufleur a l'eau. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The softly moving hands that were so busy among the dishes had the old wicked facility of the hands that had clung to the bars. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He had a big, blond, ruddy Flemish face and huge awkward peasant hands and he moved, with the dishes, as powerfully and awkwardly as a draft horse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Pulverous particles got into the dishes, and Society's meats had a seasoning of first-rate footmen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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