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1. Miss Hill was charmed and delighted at the attentive service presented by the adorable girls and said so as she graciously accepted the proffered victuals
2. But it readily occurs, that the number of such utensils is in every country necessarily limited by the use which there is for them ; that it would be absurd to have more pots and pans than were necessary for cooking the victuals usually consumed there; and that, if the quantity of victuals were to increase, the number of pots and pans would readily increase along with it ; a part of the increased quantity of victuals being employed in purchasing them, or in maintaining an additional number of workmen whose business it was to make them
3. The ancient Egyptians had a superstitious aversion to the sea; and as the Gentoo religion does not permit its followers to light a fire, nor consequently to dress any victuals, upon the water, it, in effect, prohibits them from all distant sea voyages
4. When Robert, the second prince of the Capetian race, was most unjustly excommunicated by the court of Rome, his own servants, it is said, threw the victuals which came from his table to the dogs, and refused to taste any thing themselves which had been polluted by the contact of a person in his situation
5. In a country where the winters are so cold as in Great Britain, fuel is, during that season, in the strictest sense of the word, a necessary of life, not only for the purpose of dressing victuals, but for the comfortable subsistence of many different sorts of workmen who work within doors ; and coals are the cheapest of all fuel
6. This liquor, as it can be kept only for a few days, cannot, like our beer, be prepared and stored up for sale in great breweries ; but every private family must brew it for their own use, in the same manner as they cook their victuals
7. 10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine
8. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household, each man
9. king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land
10. the Sabbath day, and I testified against them in the day in which they sold victuals
11. with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a
12. had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land
13. 53 Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, for that it was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered
14. heart: 26 Neither shall they give anything to them that make war on them, or aid them with victuals, weapons, money, or ships, as it
15. them, and provision of victuals
16. holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals in it
17. those who were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely
18. the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war, for their fields were of
19. 47 And he pressed them greatly and brought them into his house, and he gave them victuals which they ate, and they abode all night in his house
20. 5 And when a woman kneaded her dough and cooked her victuals, their appearance was turned to that of blood
21. 19 You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury:
22. 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord
23. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets, and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men, and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley
24. 10 And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and your victuals
25. 47 And he pressed them greatly and brought them into his house and he gave them victuals which they ate and they abode all night in his house
26. 5 And when a woman kneaded her dough and cooked her victuals their appearance was turned to that of blood
27. 21 See victuals shall be so goodly cheap on Earth so that they shall think themselves to be in a good case and even then shall evils grow on Earth sword famine and great confusion
28. 35 They stored it also with armour and victuals and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem they laid them up there and so they became a sore snare: 36 For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary and an evil adversary to Israel
29. 49 But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace for they came out of the city because they had no victuals there to endure the siege it being a year of rest to the land
30. 53 Yet at the last their vessels being without victuals for that it was the seventh year and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles had eaten up the residue of the store; 54 There were but a few left in the sanctuary because the famine did so prevail against them that they were fain to disperse themselves every man to his own place
31. 57 What for he went in all haste and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company We decay daily and our victuals are but small and the place we lay siege to is strong and the affairs of the kingdom lie on us: 58 Now therefore let us be friends with these men and make peace with them and with all their nation; 59 And covenant with them that they shall live after their laws as they did before for they are therefore displeased and have done all these things because we abolished their laws
32. 22 And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass and sent to Jerusalem that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy: 23 Good success be to the Romans and to the people of the Jews by sea and by land forever: the sword also and enemy be far from them 24 If there come first any war on the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion 25 The people of the Jews shall help them as the time shall be appointed with all their heart: 26 Neither shall they give anything to them that make war on them or aid them with victuals weapons money or ships as it has seemed good to the Romans but they shall keep their covenants without taking anything therefore
33. 27 In the same manner also if war come first on the nation of the Jews the Romans shall help them with all their heart according as the time shall be appointed them: 28 Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them or weapons or money or ships as it has seemed good to the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants and that without deceit
34. 52 He fortified also the city Bethsura and Gazera and the tower and put forces in them and provision of victuals
35. 21 Now those who were in the tower sent messengers to Tryphon to the end that he should hasten his coming to them by the wilderness and send them victuals
36. 33 Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea and fenced them about with high towers and great walls and gates and bars and laid up victuals in it
37. 49 They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait that they could neither come out nor go into the country nor buy nor sell: what for they were in great distress for want of victuals and a great number of them perished through famine
38. 10 He provided victuals for the cities and set in them all manner of munition so that his honourable name was renowned to the end of the world
39. 14 But those who were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals that they behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with Judas railing and blaspheming and uttering such words as were not to be spoken
40. 4 Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria and the villages and to Bethoron and Belmen and Jericho and to Choba and Esora and to the valley of Salem: 5 And possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains and fortified the villages that were in them and laid up victuals for the provision of war for their fields were of late reaped
41. 11 And now that my Lord be not defeated and frustrate of his purpose even death is now fallen on them and their sin has overtaken them with which they will provoke their God to anger whensoever they shall do that which is not fit to be done: 12 For their victuals fail them and all their water is scant and they have determined to lay hands on their cattle and purposed to consume all those things that God has forbidden them to eat by his laws: 13 And are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the the tenths of wine and oil which they had sanctified and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands
42. A cold pit that I checked for victuals and a smoke hole
43. Now he had to actually work to get his meals and with mating season just around the cattails he felt the need for more victuals
44. They began to transfer much of the available victuals and and fresh foodstuff to their own camps, and there was no longer any nourishing basic foodstuff to feed the inhabitants of many of the cities and villages in Syria
45. He bought most of his foods at Macnock's store because the man took some care to keep houseflies from his unwrapped victuals to prevent their vitiation
46. testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals
47. I did not call her unfeeling long; for I perceived she was in purgatory throughout the day, and wearying to find an opportunity of getting by herself, or paying a visit to Heathcliff, who had been locked up by the master: as I discovered, on endeavouring to introduce to him a private mess of victuals
48. "Is there aught ails th' victuals?" he asked thrusting the tray under Heathcliff's nose
49. There was rather a lot to do on the days following these functions: the washing up, the tables and chairs to put away, the floor to sweep, and so on; but the extra work was supposed to be compensated by the cakes and broken victuals generally left over from the feast, which were much appreciated as a welcome change from the bread and dripping or margarine that constituted Mrs White's and Bert's usual fare
50. There were several advantages attached to the position: the caretaker became acquainted with the leading members and their wives, some of who, out of charity, occasionally gave her a day's work as charwoman, the wages being on about the same generous scale as those she earned at the Chapel, sometimes supplemented by a parcel of broken victuals or some castoff clothing