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...Steuben Glass is excellent. The lines are good and the designing by Waugh, taking classical mythology as a subject, are well executed. His Zodiac Bowl is probably the most famous and has drawn the highest praise from all over the world. An unengraved piece, a huge brandy sniffing goblet, takes your breath away by its sweep and simplicity and the transparency of the glass...
...Pilgrim Church for the last seven years. Tall, grizzled, genial, he is the father of four daughters to each of whom he gave the middle name Porter. Much in demand as a college preacher, Dr. Stocking has written numerous ethical-whimsical books for children (Query Queer, The Golden Goblet, Mr. Friend...
...after long illness; in New Orleans. Once a year he closed his restaurant, went to France to find new recipes. His Oysters Rockefeller were so named because he knew "no richer name for their richness." Overindulgence in his café brûlo diabolique (coffee poured into a silver goblet of flaming spices and brandy) sent O. Henry to a bed from which he never rose. In his restaurant he permitted no smoking or coffee until after meals...
...Dunkers, the men in black coats and broad-brimmed hats, the women in poke bonnets and long capes. Watched by 12,000 spectators, they held mass communion in a big tent, first washing their feet, then sitting at long tables to break bread and pass the wine goblet from hand to hand. By the tenets of their faith, sinful Dunkers refrained from partaking. Later all dined on ten head of cattle. Unitarians of the American Unitarian Association and allied societies met in the centre of their stronghold-Boston. From Rev. Maxwell Savage of Worcester, Mass. they heard that their sect...
...comes the sad part of the tale. The accidental upsetting of a goblet, and the consequent tinkling of broken glass precipitated violent action. In a black thunder-cloud of wrath descended His Majesty harsh words rasped as lightning flared forth; and the much-taken-aback Commander of the Carrot, feeling on a par with the meanest of his spud-skinning scullions slunk with his companion out of the abode of the Mighty with his tall between his legs. That is why Waistootts and He-Men have not recently been found in especial Presidential favor...