Oysters

Examples

• Blessed if I don't think that ven a man's wery poor, he rushes out of his lodgings, and eats oysters in reg'lar desperation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then suddenly he cried: 'Pussum, you can't eat oysters when you're drinking brandy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Time for your oysters! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• To keep oysters stir into them 3 ounces of the solution (cold) to each gallon of oysters. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The most natural conclusion would be that the oysters climbed up there to look at the scenery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The commodities chiefly exposed for sale in the public streets are marine stores, hard-bake, apples, flat-fish, and oysters. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is just possible that this hill is Mount Ararat, and that Noah's Ark rested here, and he ate oysters and threw the shells overboard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It's a wery remarkable circumstance, Sir,' said Sam, 'that poverty and oysters always seem to go together. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Gerald watched her eating the oysters. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Vessels have been designed for this purpose with a capacity of gathering oysters from good ground at the rate of 5,000 bushels per hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Within a few years some valuable methods of keeping meats, fish, oysters, fruits, fruit juices, milk, butter, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• What I mean, sir,' said Sam, 'is, that the poorer a place is, the greater call there seems to be for oysters. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The high temperature to which they are exposed necessarily causes a loss of flavor, and it is generally remarked that tinned oysters are not a success. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• An't yer fond of oysters? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• There is also a Jamaica pigeon, also just cooked here, and a _vol au vent_, which I have had made from oysters which were sent open in the preserving stuff from Jamaica. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It is painful--it is even humiliating--but I am reduced at last to one slender theory: that the oysters climbed up there of their own accord. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Close beside him stood Charlotte, opening oysters from a barrel: which Mr. Claypole condescended to swallow, with remarkable avidity. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I am informed by a friend in Jamaica that he has sent me some Jamaica oysters and other things--I trust they will be here in time for me to submit them to you this evening. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As you know oysters are imported very largely in tins. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Eels, frogs, oysters, occupied an important place in the royal bill of fare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sammy complied; and the porter, cold beef, and oysters being promptly produced, the lunch was done ample justice to. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He invited little Rawdon's crony from school, and made both the children sick with pastry, and oysters, and porter after the play. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The little weakness will soon pass off; and then you must drink port wine--a pipe, if you can--and eat game and oysters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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