1 In her large black hands was a tray upon which food smoked, two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham swimming in gravy.
2 "He isn't brave," said Scarlett perversely, pouring half a pitcher of syrup over her waffles.
3 Before they were quite tired of the concert Carol led them in a dancing procession to the dining-room, to blue bowls of chow mein, with Lichee nuts and ginger preserved in syrup.
4 We had begun to roll popcorn balls with syrup when we heard a knock at the back door, and Tony dropped her spoon and went to open it.
5 It restores the blue color of litmus-paper reddened by an acid, and it turns syrup of violets green.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. 6 d'Avrigny opened the door, and took from the hands of the chambermaid a cup which contained two or three spoonfuls of the syrup, he then carefully closed the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. 7 If the lemonade be pure and inoffensive, the syrup will retain its color; if, on the contrary, the lemonade be drugged with poison, the syrup will become green.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 79. The Lemonade. 8 At any rate, I have never believed in "cornering" syrup.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XV. 9 My share of the syrup was usually about two tablespoonfuls, and those two spoonfuls of molasses were much more enjoyable to me than is a fourteen-course dinner after which I am to speak.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XV. 10 Yet the recipe for the syrup also came from here," said Vassili, "seeing that my sister took it with her.