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1 I pressed her to take wine, and tried to reassure her.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
2 We refreshed ourselves with a tin of mock-turtle soup and wine from the neighbouring pantry.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.
3 Canned things in shops; wines, spirits, mineral waters; and the water mains and drains are empty.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.
4 In some places plunderers had been at work, but rarely at other than the provision and wine shops.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON.
5 I went into the dining room, sat down, drank some wine, and so soon as I could collect myself sufficiently I told her the things I had seen.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
6 With wine and food, the confidence of my own table, and the necessity of reassuring my wife, I grew by insensible degrees courageous and secure.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.
7 I thought of the poisons in the chemists' shops, of the liquors the wine merchants stored; I recalled the two sodden creatures of despair, who so far as I knew, shared the city with myself.
The War of the WorldsBy H. G. Wells ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: VIII. DEAD LONDON.