viand

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See bloated Dropsy added strength acquire As the parch'd lip the frequent draught obtains; Indulgence feeds the never-quench'd desire, That loaths the viand, and the goblet drains.

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna

There were dozens of different fire-places for the different dishes, and each kind of meat and vegetables; each viand had its special dish and pan, fire on the side and behind.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

Not until one has tried does one realize to what excellence and variety this form of viand lends itself.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

The favourites with the writer are a brave old soldier p. viand his helpmate, an ancient gentlewoman who sold apples, and a strange kind of wandering man and his wife.

From Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by Borrow, George Henry

My Lord," said I, "it is a fast; I cannot this morning do justice to this delicious viand; it is a fast; I am under a vow.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert