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" ... mouth ; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked in with a coverlet of crust ; the geese were swimming in their own gravy ; and the ducks pairing cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion... "
The Sketch-book - Page 435
by Washington Irving - 1848
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A life of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and...trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventiire, a necklace of savoury sausages ; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers lie saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and...relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed lip, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages; and even bright...
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and...trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, perad venture, a necklace of savory sausages ; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: (From the "Sketch Book.")

Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 pages
...cozily in dishes like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onionsauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and...trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, per360 ad venture a necklace of savory sausages; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling...
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Choice Readings

Anna Randall Diehl - 1883 - 422 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of sauce. In the porkers might be carved out the future sleek side of bacon and juicy relishing ham; each turkey daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wings, and, peradventure, a necklace of...
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Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for ...

Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague, Spraque Homer Baxter - 1884 - 144 pages
...with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages ; and even bright MS chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back in a...As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this,- and as ho rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow-lands, the rich fields *ยป of wheat, of rye, of...
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The Beauties of Washington Irving ...

Washington Irving - 1884 - 472 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon and...; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, withits gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savoury sausages ; and even bright...
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The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 1

1885 - 544 pages
...cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion-sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon and...necklace of savory sausages ; and even bright Chanticleer hi mself lay sprawling on his back in a side-dish, with uplifted claws, as if craving that quarter...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving - 1885 - 398 pages
...dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw can-eel out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing...gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savoury sausages ; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back, in a side-dish, with...
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A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 pages
...cosily in dishes like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy, relishing ham ; not a It:rkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace...
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