pastil
Example Sentences
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"Well, then, let it be so," said Monte-Cristo sternly, as he took a greenish, strongly smelling pastil from a box cut from an opal.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules
She moved away, leaving the pastil on the dish.
From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Her ladyship rose, and taking a stick of Eastern pastil from a majolica dish in a corner made Nino light it from a wax taper.
From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence—no schoolboy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap—lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
Stood there not behind the pulpit-stairs the sacristy-cabin, and in this was there not a church-library of consequence--no school-boy could have buckled it wholly in his book-strap--lying under the minever cover of pastil dust?
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
