And imagine me, who had melted a silver spoon in my mouth--a sizable silver spoon steward--imagine me, my old sore bones, my old belly reminiscent of youth's delights, my old palate ticklish yet and not all withered of the deviltries of taste learned in younger days--as I say, steward, imagine me, who had ever been free-handed, lavish, saving that dollar and a half intact like a miser, never spending a penny of it on tobacco, never mitigating by purchase of any little delicacy the sad condition of my stomach that protested against the harshness and indigestibility of our poor fare.
A sum that in the days ere the silver spoon had melted, I staked in careless moods of an instant on a turn of the cards.
It contained a contribution to their board in the shape of a
silver spoon and battered silver mug, which Jessie chose to facetiously consider as an affecting reminiscence of the youthful Kearney's christening days--which it probably was.
The fire being lit, the hearth swept, and a small kettle of a very antique pattern, such as I thought I remembered to have seen in old farmhouses in England, placed over the now ruddy flame, Frances' hands were washed, and her apron removed in an instant then she opened a cupboard, and took out a tea-tray, on which she had soon arranged a china tea-equipage, whose pattern, shape, and size, denoted a remote antiquity; a little, old-fashioned
silver spoon was deposited in each saucer; and a pair of silver tongs, equally old-fashioned, were laid on the sugar-basin; from the cupboard, too, was produced a tidy silver cream-ewer, not larger then an egg-shell.
They don't make a noise, anyway, though I'm really afraid for our landlady's
silver spoons .
As for one dozen well-manufactured
silver spoons and forks at per oz., and one dozen dessert ditto ditto, there were three young stockbrokers (Messrs.
I brought the last here - and you gathered them, as a magpie gathers
silver spoons, for the mere love of stealing!
There were the real solid silver teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin, on the table, and real
silver spoons to stir the tea with, and real china cups to drink it out of, and plates of the same, to hold the cakes and toast in.
She'd even bought
silver spoons and forks, and kept them in her trunk.
and had it taken the form of cast-off clothes, or worn-out
silver spoons, or unfashionable jewellery, or anything of that sort?
Hepzibah brought out Some old
silver spoons with the family crest upon them, and a china tea-set painted over with grotesque figures of man, bird, and beast, in as grotesque a landscape.
You're all born with
silver spoons in your mouths, and then you swagger about with everlasting virtue because you haven't got other people's spoons in your pockets.
Police said on Sunday that Executive Marquee and
Silver Spoon Marriage Hall Canal Road were found violating one dish and marriage Act during wedding and walima ceremonies on Saturday night.
[USA] June 19 (ANI): Supermodel Gigi Hadid said that she feels guilty for having been raised with a
silver spoon in her mouth.
A
silver spoon, hallmarked Birmingham 1910 with typical foliate decoration, designed for Liberty's by Bernard Cuzner Sabra (1903) and Crocus (1912) enamelled teaspoons by W.
