"Anchovy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Saturday's expiring sun Informs me that another day is done And summons fire from the reflecting pane Of Griggs and Sons, where groceries obtain, I seek, not lightly nor in careless haste As men buy bloaters or anchovy paste, Who fling the cash down with abstracted air, Crying, "Two tins, please," or "I'll take the pair," But reverently and with concentred gaze Lest Griggs's varlet (drat his casual ways!), Intrigued with passing ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 28th, 1920 • Various
... quarrel about, after all! And I can believe it, if I have only been with her for a while," he sighed; and then added with a touch of self-contempt, "the fact is, I ought never to go away from home. I am like an anchovy; I don't bear taking out ...
— The Pilot and his Wife • Jonas Lie
... fry three slices of bread in butter. Take two tablespoonfuls of shelled shrimps, put them into a saucepan with a dessertspoonful of milk, a lump of butter the size of a pigeon's egg, half a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, and a little cayenne pepper. Shake in a dessertspoonful of flour, boil for two minutes, stirring all the time; then put on the fried bread, and serve ...
— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 • Various |
