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" ... and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which I snatched up with eagerness : but oh ! how shall I tell the sequel ? whether the butler by accident mistook, or purposely designed to drive me mad, he gave me the strongest brandy, with... "
Practical Lessons on the Comparative Construction of the Verb in the French ... - Page 252
by Jules Festu - 1863 - 256 pages
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...drawing out the fire; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, •which I snatched up with eagerness : but, oh ! how shall I tell the...strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth, already llea'd and blistered; totally unused to every kind of ardent spirits, with my tongue, throat, and palate,...
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Beauties of British Prose

Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 pages
...for drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the side-board, which I snatched up with eagerness ' but, oh ! how shall I tell the...strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth, already flea'd and blistered; totally unused to every kind of ardent spirits, with my tongue, throat, and palate,...
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The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature, Volume 2

1818 - 384 pages
...for drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which I snatched up with eagerness : but, oh ! how shall I tell the...strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth already flead and blistered. Totally unused to every kind of ardent spirits, -with my tongue, throat, and palate,...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

1818 - 596 pages
...for drawing out the lire; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which 1 snatched up with eagerness: — but, oh! how shall I tell the...by accident mistook, or purposely designed to drive rue mad, he gave me the strongest brandy, with which I (Tiled Biy mouth, already fiea'd and blistered...
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The Literary melange; or, Weekly register of literature and the arts

1822 - 522 pages
...drawing out fits firFT" 1 and a glass of Sherry was brought me from the side-board, which I snatched up with eagerness. But oh! how shall I tell the sequel...strongest brandy with which I filled my mouth, already flead and blistered. Totally unused to every kind -. ,<jf ardent spirits, with tongue, throat, and...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from -the side-board, which I snatched up with eagerness : but, oh ! how shall I tell the...strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth, already pealed and blistered ; totally unused to every kind of ardent spirits, with my tongue, throat, and...
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The Flowers of Literature: Consisting of Selections from History ..., Volume 2

William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...for drawing out the fire ; and a glass of sherry was brought me from the sideboard, which I snatched up with eagerness ; but, oh ! how shall I tell the...strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth, already flead and blistered. Totally unused to every kind of ardent spirits, with my tongue, throat, and palate,...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...of an immediate JRpply of napkins to wipe the surface of my designed, to driveme mad, he gave me (he strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth already...blistered. Totally unused to every kind of ardent spirit?, with iny tongue, throat, and palate as raw .:•• beef, u hat eonlil I do? I could not swallow...
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The Amusing Companion, Or, Interesting Story Teller: Being a Collection of ...

1831 - 196 pages
...and a glass of Sherry was brought me from the side-board, which I snatched up with eagerness; but O! how shall I tell the sequel? Whether the butler by accident mistook, or purposely designed to make me mid, he gave me the strongest brandy, with which [ filled my mouth almost flayed and blistered;...
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The Casket: A Literary Present for Youth

1834 - 182 pages
...sherry was brought me from the- sideboard, which I suatched up with eagerness ; but, oh ! how chall I tell the sequel ? Whether the butler by accident mistook, or purposely designed, in drive me mad, he gave me the strongest brandy, with which I filled my mouth, already flayed and...
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