"Demijohn" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of personal intimacy existed between the members of the two groups, and the "entente" was quite as unrestrained as might have existed between rival athletic teams. A Kentucky friend sent me a demijohn of what was represented as very old Bourbon, and I divided it with "our friends the enemy." New Orleans was new to most of the "visiting statesmen," and we attended the places of amusement, lived ...
— Marse Henry, Complete - An Autobiography • Henry Watterson
... of the short-sighted gaze, had climbed upon the opposite wheel during his conversation with Pat, and leaning half through the window was scanning carefully the inside of the carriage. He had already one hand on the demijohn of peach-brandy upon which the owner's hopes so much depended. Potetsatem Desmit was no coward, and his gold-headed cane made the acquaintance of the Dutchman's poll before he had time to utter a ...
— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee
... dusty bottles, labelled according to age and vintage! But Pasteur insisted. Then, pointing with my finger, I showed him, in a corner of the kitchen, a chair with all the straw gone, and on this chair a two- gallon demijohn: 'There is my ...
— Fabre, Poet of Science • Dr. G.V. (C.V.) Legros
... firm response of the remaining two, and Buffle quickly passed a demijohn, to the ace-thief, as a sign ...
— Romance of California Life • John Habberton |
