1 I had in vain tried everything producible that began with a T, from tar to toast and tub.
2 The responsible duty of making the toast was delegated to the Aged, and that excellent old gentleman was so intent upon it that he seemed to me in some danger of melting his eyes.
3 We ate the whole of the toast, and drank tea in proportion, and it was delightful to see how warm and greasy we all got after it.
4 "I know that lady," said Herbert, across the table, when the toast had been honored.
5 Mr. Creakle, at whom of course I looked, shook his head without looking at me, and stopped up a sigh with a very large piece of buttered toast.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 6 I warmed the ale and made the toast on the usual infallible principles.
7 My aunt went on with a quiet enjoyment, in which there was very little affectation, if any; drinking the warm ale with a tea-spoon, and soaking her strips of toast in it.
8 Having availed herself of it, she resumed her toast and her discourse together.
9 I begged Mr. Micawber to fill us bumpers, and proposed the toast in due form: shaking hands with him across the table, and kissing Mrs. Micawber, to commemorate that eventful occasion.
10 Mrs. Traddles, with perfect pleasure and composure beaming from her household eyes, having made the tea, then quietly made the toast as she sat in a corner by the fire.
11 The colonel returned to the table, went out again onto the steps with a tumbler in his hand, and proposed the toast, "To the health of our former comrade, the gallant general, Prince Serpuhovskoy."
12 Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 13 The company had been enjoying a game of cards but had broken off for the moment, evidently in order to drink a toast.
14 In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast.
15 Gentlemen," concluded Napoleon, "I will give you the same toast as before, but in a different form.