"A la mode" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... would certainly call again in a few days, and lay out some money in return for the trouble I had given. Mr. Bilger expressed his thanks in the most respectful terms, and waited upon me to the door, where he took leave of me with a low conge, a la mode de France, of which country he was a native. I now put the best foot foremost, and having gained a remote street, turned my head, and perceived Bromley at my heels, who seized my hand, congratulating me on my success, and complimenting me on the address I had shown in this exploit; ...
— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various
... Barberry jelly Barberries, to pickle Barley water Bath buns Bean soup Beans, (dried,) to boil Beans, (green or French,) to boil Beans, (green,) to pickle Beans, (Lima,) to boil, and dry Beans, (scarlet) to boil Beef, remarks on Beef, a la mode Beef, baked Beef bouilli Beef (corned or salted) to boil Beef cakes Beef, to corn Beef, to dry and smoke Beef dripping, to save Beef, hashed Beef's heart, roasted Beef's heart, stewed Beef kidney, to dress Beef, potted Beef, to roast Beef soup, fine Beef steaks, to broil Beef ...
— Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches • Eliza Leslie
... dotard for interment, his affectionate rib accompanied the 313procession, and when they rested for the night at an inn on the road, guarded them in death as she had done in the close of life, by sleeping on a sofa in the same room. Cruel, cruel separation! what a scene for the revival of 'grief a la mode!' "But she is unhappy with all her wealth," said the cynic. "Careless as some portion of our nobility are in their choice of companions for their sports or pleasures, they have yet too much consideration left of what is due to their rank, their wives, ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle
... Branghtons were not vulgar enough to smoke. Such use of tobacco was considered low, and was confined to the classes of society indicated in the preceding chapter. One of the characters in Macklin's "Love a la Mode," 1760, is described as "dull, dull as an alderman, after six pounds of turtle, four bottles of port, and twelve pipes ...
— The Social History of Smoking • G. L. Apperson |
