 When the ducks and green peas came, we looked at each other in dismay ; we had only two-pronged, black-handled forks. It is true the steel was as bright as silver ; but what were we to do...  Cranford and Other Tales - Pagina 27door Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1886 - 488 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1907 - 684 pagina’s
...Cranf ord ' ? " Miss Matty picked up her peas, one by one, on the iK)int of the prongs, much as Aminé ate her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul." TJH [The allusion appears to be to the second tale in the 'Arabian Nights,' with the substitution of... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1891 - 352 pagina’s
...two-pronged. black-handled forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver; but what were we to do? Miss Matty picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs, much as Amin^ ate her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1864 - 260 pagina’s
...two-pronged, blackhandled forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver ; but what were we to do ? Miss Matty picked up her peas, one by one, on the...young peas as she left them on one side of her plate •nntasted ; for they would drop between the prongs. I looked at my host : the peas were going wholesale... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1865 - 482 pagina’s
...black-handled forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver; but, what were we to do? Miss Matey picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate young peas, as she left them on one side of her plate untasted ;... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1865 - 478 pagina’s
...black-handled forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver ; but, what were we to do? Miss Matey picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate young peas, as she left them on one side of her plate untasted ;... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1866 - 484 pagina’s
...; but, what were we to do ? Miss Matey picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate young peas, as she left them on one side of her plate uutasted ; for they would drop between her prongs. I looked at my host: the peas were going wholesale... | |
 | Lydia Maria Francis Child - 1884 - 482 pagina’s
...black-handled forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver ; but, what were we to do? Miss Matey picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate young peas, as she left them on one side of her plate untasted ;... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1887 - 342 pagina’s
...forks. It is true, the steel was as bright as silver ; but what were we to do? Miss Matty picked up hei peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs, much...for they would drop between the prongs. I looked at nr.y host : the peas were going wholesale into his capacious mouth, shoveled' up by his large rounded... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1900 - 290 pagina’s
...two-pronged, black-handled forks. It is true the steel was as bright as silver ; but what were we to do ? Miss Matty picked up her peas, one by one, on the...over her delicate young peas as she left them on one A side of her plate untasted, for they would drop doubtful between the prongs. I looked at my host... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 pagina’s
...two-pronged black-handled forks. It is true the steel was as bright as silver; but what were we to do ? Miss Matty picked up her peas, one by one, on the point of the prongs, much as Amine 1 ate her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul. Miss Pole sighed over her delicate... | |
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