By the time we had cleared away the blood and refuse in the tower, the cook had juicy
steaks and a steaming broth upon the electric stove, and the aroma arising from P.
And you got up and gave him that
steak--ALL that
steak," said Mrs.
Uncommon juicy
steak that,' said Squeers, as he laid down his knife and fork, after plying it, in silence, for some time.
Tom and his father had alighted at the Peacock at about seven in the evening; and having heard with unfeigned joy the paternal order, at the bar, of
steaks and oyster-sauce for supper in half an hour, and seen his father seated cozily by the bright fire in the coffee-room with the paper in his hand, Tom had run out to see about him, had wondered at all the vehicles passing and repassing, and had fraternized with the boots and hostler, from whom he ascertained that the Tally-ho was a tip-top goer--ten miles an hour including stoppages--and so punctual that all the road set their clocks by her.
He sat with his coat unbuttoned over a white waistcoat, resting both elbows on the table, and while waiting for the
steak he had ordered he looked at a French novel that lay open on his plate.
As he wiped his hands he watched her keenly, and cried out with approbation as she dropped the
steak in the fryin pan.
The other day da Costa got the cook to fry a
steak for him--a turtle
steak it was too, not beef at all--and the fat caught or some thing.
When each had assumed his proper and customary place around the smoking viands, the squatter set the example by beginning to partake of a delicious venison
steak, prepared like the hump of the bison, with a skill that rather increased than concealed its natural properties.
At eight o'clock, the shelves being taken down and put away and the tables joined together, everybody sat down to the tea, coffee, bread, butter, salmon, shad, liver,
steak, potatoes, pickles, ham, chops, black-puddings, and sausages, all over again.
It's a stew of tripe,' said the landlord smacking his lips, 'and cow-heel,' smacking them again, 'and bacon,' smacking them once more, 'and
steak,' smacking them for the fourth time, 'and peas, cauliflowers, new potatoes, and sparrow-grass, all working up together in one delicious gravy.
It may be as you say," he continued, reverting to the purport of Heyward's last remark; "and the greater the reason why we should cut our
steaks, and let the carcass drive down the stream, or we shall have the pack howling along the cliffs, begrudging every mouthful we swallow.
On this trip I tasted the first meat I had eaten since leaving Earth--large, juicy
steaks and chops from the well-fed domestic animals of the farms.
Tortoise liver, filleted shark, and beef
steaks from seadogs.
They set the
steaks to grill and made an excellent dinner, after which the inspired bard, Demodocus, who was a favourite with every one, sang to them; but Ulysses kept on turning his eyes towards the sun, as though to hasten his setting, for he was longing to be on his way.
She did her best in the way of flogging him while an infant -- for duties to her well -- regulated mind were always pleasures, and babies, like tough
steaks, or the modern Greek olive trees, are invariably the better for beating -- but, poor woman
