Sweets

Examples

• In the inferior employments, the sweets of labour consist altogether in the recompence of labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• At all events there is novelty in being an object of disgust to any man, just when Worcester has so cloyed me with sweets! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He saw the macaroons, however, and being fond of sweets, possessed himself of a small handful thereof. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Oh, what a bed or sweets, yours must be! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• A taste for sweets, he said in his softest tones and his tenderest manner, is the innocent taste of women and children. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To my great joy this food was limited to coffee and cake: I had feared wine and sweets, which I did not like. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• As I like sweets, and jams, and comfits, and conservatory flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The sweets of housekeeping in a country village! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• People who are to be comfortable are accustomed to lie on sofas, and dine off tables, and they should have sauces and sweets in the modern style. Plato. The Republic.
• Sweets to the sweet, mannling, and Mr. Bhaer offered Jo some, with a look that made her wonder if chocolate was not the nectar drunk by the gods. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

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