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  • He regaled his guests with amusing stories and jests while the flames consumed his house.†   (source)
  • By the time they had got dressed, padding themselves out with several of Mrs. Weasleys hand-knitted sweaters and carrying cloaks, scarves, and gloves, Ron's shock had subsided and he had decided that Harry's new spell was highly amusing; so amusing, in fact, that he lost no time in regaling Hermione with the story as they sat down for breakfast.†   (source)
  • She simultaneously worshiped and despised her father, who was a terrible snob and regaled Maureen with both undeserved praise and a staggering list of his expectations for her; at the very least, she would one day have her doctorate—and if she were to indulge her fantasy, and become a movie star, she would make her reputation on the silver screen only after numerous triumphs in "legitimate" theater.†   (source)
  • I could regale you with tales of how we had great fun on the trip, but I won't.†   (source)
  • Evangeline talked enough for both of us, regaling the women with her "undying love" for Cal and the honor she felt at being chosen.†   (source)
  • It all seemed unfathomably exotic to a kid who'd never left Florida, and I begged him to regale me with stories whenever I saw him.†   (source)
  • Theon Greyjoy was seated on a bench in Riverrun's Great Hall, enjoying a horn of ale and regaling her father's garrison with an account of the slaughter in the Whispering Wood.†   (source)
  • He regaled his grateful audience with talk of-what else?†   (source)
  • At dinner, though, he would often regale them with some telling point Demosthenes had made in that day's column.†   (source)
  • That said, at a luncheon a few months ago he was regaling the table with an utterly scurrilous story about Fred Astaire which I don't feel can possibly be true.†   (source)
  • "I'd like to begin the regaling now Please."†   (source)
  • Come to find out, my chief had been regaling them with the after-action reports of my sniping in Fallujah.†   (source)
  • As we stood there holding our netting and sweating through our complete wardrobes, they regaled us with information about our soon-to-be-home, Kilanga.†   (source)
  • To make their case, they regaled me with detailed accounts of their pets' woeful behavior.†   (source)
  • Momma beamed and Uncle Willie was proud when Bailey regaled the customers with our exploits.†   (source)
  • He was regaling her with the myriad nicknames in his own family as they neared the steep, narrow part of National Highway 3 that scales down Morne Kabrit, Goat Mountain, toward the Cul-de-Sac Plain.†   (source)
  • …was snatched from her quiet realm and left alone to protect her sensitive epidermis as best she could, on a humid Sunday afternoon at precisely 2:28 P.M. The circumstances leading to the event were these: After dinner, at which time Jean Louise regaled her household with Dr. Finch's observations on stylish hymn-singing, Atticus sat in his corner of the livingroom reading the Sunday papers, and Jean Louise was looking forward to an afternoon's hilarity with her uncle, complete with…†   (source)
  • No doubt Brian had returned to the table last Saturday, regaling everyone with stories about how he'd been jumped by a gang of cowboys.†   (source)
  • She muscled her car through traffic while regaling them with stories about the crazy families of Atlanta—the old plantation owners, the founders of Coca-Cola, the sports stars, and the CNN news people.†   (source)
  • The most ancient of the chiefs who regaled the gathered elders with ancient tales was Zwelibhangile Joyi, a son from the Great House of King Ngubengcuka.†   (source)
  • His face glows with wine and sentiment as he regales me with the tale of how he wooed Marlena.†   (source)
  • Hel pulls me to one of the dozens of long tables, where Faris is regaling the rest of our friends with a tale of his latest escapade at the riverside brothels.†   (source)
  • Aureliano Segundo did not let the chance go by to regale his cousins with a thunderous champagne and accordion party that was interpreted as a tardy adjustment of accounts with the carnival, which went awry because of the jubilee.†   (source)
  • Pippa is lying in the hammock while her knight regales her with some tale of chivalrous deeds done on her behalf.†   (source)
  • Patiently regaling his pupil once again, Abdul lit a reeking Tander brand cigarette in the overheated taxi and waved away the smoke along with Mortenson's worries.†   (source)
  • When I finally make it onto campus, Drew is out front with his usual followers, regaling them with any number of BS stories about his summer.†   (source)
  • It was six enthusiastic pages long and regaled me with what she was bringing and their attendant definitions—"I have a hot pot.†   (source)
  • Later, returning home, he regaled Blanca with accounts of the vulgarity of these stale, out-of-date families, whose daughters were still chaperoned and whose gentlemen wore scapulars.†   (source)
  • I'll never forget the time we had to cross straight through a grouping of roughly a hundred members of the Slayer Society, who were all regaling one another with boastful tales about how many vampires each had killed.†   (source)
  • Prochazka loved to regale his friends with hyperbole and excess.†   (source)
  • They regaled him with exaggerated stories of his past exploits.†   (source)
  • Like most trial lawyers, Wade Lanier was a gifted storyteller and he regaled them with hilarious tales from his courtroom brawls.†   (source)
  • Cesar and Lucky listened to them as they regaled one another with tales of great players and plays and never-ending what if scenarios and what-might-have-beens.†   (source)
  • Offworld visitors generally confine themselves to the better-preserved bridges on the equator, buy a boy-hair blanket guaranteed hand-spun and handwoven by masters of the craft in the unbearably cold reaches of the world (though these are almost certainly turned out on machines, by the dozen, a few kilometers from the gift shop), choke down a few fetid swallows of fermented milk, and return home to regale their friends and associates with tales of their adventure.†   (source)
  • British sailors who came ashore "regaled themselves with the fine apples, which hung everywhere upon the trees in great abundance," Serle continued.†   (source)
  • He could have regaled her for hours with stories about his daughter's grace, about her charm, about her humor and the musical quality of her laughter.†   (source)
  • Mr. McDaniels regaled Max with stories about a new paper towel that offered astonishing absorbency.†   (source)
  • He regales them with tales of his time in the Soviet Union and his work with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.†   (source)
  • He wanted Alessandro to talk endlessly in stories and regale him with things from an age before he was born.†   (source)
  • Preparing the breakfast, I watched them tag one another, run rough-and-tumble around the table, regaling the house.†   (source)
  • He began to regale her then with tales of other teenage misadventures--from soaping car windows to tepeeing the houses of former girlfriends.   (source)
    regale = entertain
  • Want to give it some more thought before you regale me?†   (source)
  • When he went to dinner clubs, the managers begged him to regale the guests.†   (source)
  • The dwarf's sudden silence went unnoticed, as Duck had begun to regale him with his own life story.†   (source)
  • Oswald regales Marina with tales of Mexico, but also admits that his trip was a failure.†   (source)
  • On the drive, he regales me with stories from school.†   (source)
  • Jimmy regaled us with war stories, but I also took him aside and asked him about MK's problems.†   (source)
  • In the great room, the inspector regales us with tales of Scotland Yard's derring-do.†   (source)
  • When he was not singing, Nimble Dick would talk, regaling them with tales of Crackclaw Point.†   (source)
  • He regaled us with stories of his trips to Johannesburg, a place none of us had ever been before.†   (source)
  • Having spent years regaling us with stories about his graduate years in America, he had left us with the distinct impression that America was his second home.†   (source)
  • In the depths of my sleepless nights I would turn to the Bible for comfort, only to find myself regaled yet again.†   (source)
  • He regaled me with stories about two of his latest pet subjects—the "corrupt" Spencer Lawton and the "biased and stupid" Judge Oliver.†   (source)
  • Even back when we were very young I remember running to throw my arms around Mother's knees when he regaled her with words and worse, for curtains unclosed or slips showing—the sins of womanhood.†   (source)
  • But mainly he regaled Our Father with flattering observations, such as: "Tata Price, you have trop de jolies filles—too many pretty daughters," or less pleasant but more truthful remarks such as: "You have much need of food, n'est-ce pas?"†   (source)
  • He asked her repeatedly about her childhood in Savannah, and she finally relented, regaling him with a couple of girlhood stories that made them both chuckle.†   (source)
  • We toast Miss McCleethy's return, and the girls regale her with tales of Spence and the coming London season and the costumes they shall wear for the masked ball.†   (source)
  • For the most part, he kept the conversation light; he updated them on the construction or regaled them with amusing stories from his past, bringing a fleeting smile to her father's face.†   (source)
  • As is his new habit, he regales Herold with a monologue on the killings—regrets, desires, and misunderstandings.†   (source)
  • They looked absurdly young sitting there with their round faces and eager expressions as one girl regaled the group with an amusing story.†   (source)
  • Miles had taken this tour before, and as they strolled from home to home, he suggested places of particular interest and regaled her with stories about homes that weren't part of the ghost walk this year.†   (source)
  • Thor regaled me with his theories about a hypothetical death match between Daryl from The Walking Dead and Mike from Breaking Bad.†   (source)
  • Max turned his attention to Miss Boon, the Tellers, and his father, who was regaling Cooper with stories from his college football days.†   (source)
  • Instead, she regaled Joseph and Leslie with stories about the wedding plans, unable to hide her delight at how well it had come together.†   (source)
  • When she was small, her nurse had filled her ears with tales of valor, regaling her with the noble exploits of Ser Galladon of Morne, Florian the Fool, Prince Aemon the Dragonknight, and other champions.†   (source)
  • I'd expected her to call and regale us with one of her typical monologues, full of stream-of-consciousness details, but instead she'd left a message-telling us about the win and that she was very pleased with it-that clocked in at under two minutes, which had to be a record for her.†   (source)
  • Soon she has them regaling her with stories of Spence and themselves, the three of them competing for her attention, and I'm a bit grumpy, wanting to have my mother only to myself.†   (source)
  • Linda regaled her with stories of Luke's boyhood as well as some of his stunts from high school, none of which were too outrageous.†   (source)
  • Larkin waxed on about one deal after another, regaling his audience with Seth's fearless exploits when borrowing reckless amounts of money, or so it seemed.†   (source)
  • He used each treatment to regale me with his personal theory about how to rid the country—and if possible, the world—of Communism.†   (source)
  • He regaled her with stories of Uncle Al's desperation, and Uncle Al himself made pleas on August's behalf.†   (source)
  • Whenever his employment took him back to Monterrey, Ramiro would stop by Baltazar's house where he would regale those at the dinner table with stories about his exotic travels.†   (source)
  • David was cradling the ulu's drowsy head upon his lap while the smee regaled them with every conceivable detail of his uneventful vigil upon the Ormenheid.†   (source)
  • Oft as not, he would let her come inside where it was warm if the place was not too crowded, and now and again he might even let her have a mug of ale and a crust of food whilst regaling her with his stories.†   (source)
  • ANNABETH WAS TRYING TO CHEER UP HAZEL, regaling her with Percy's greatest Seaweed Brain moments, when Frank stumbled down the hall and burst into her cabin.†   (source)
  • Ser Kennos pulled a serving girl into his lap, urging her to stroke his horn, whilst Ser Dermot regaled some squires with tales of knight errantry in the rainwood.†   (source)
  • That old rogue Ulmer of the Kingswood proved as adept at dancing as he was at archery, no doubt regaling his partners with his tales of the Kingswood Brotherhood, when he rode with Simon Toyne and Big Belly Ben and helped Wenda the White Fawn burn her mark in the buttocks of her highborn captives.†   (source)
  • They broke their fast on roast squirrel, acorn paste, and pickles, whilst Ser Creighton regaled her with his exploits on the Blackwater, where he had slain a dozen fearsome knights that she had never heard of.†   (source)
  • Dinath regaled me with tales of financial shenanigans and corruption among cabinet ministers, which I found fascinating.†   (source)
  • From the time the Pomona began to throb and move down the river, Gabriella Serto regaled the deck with clear, soprano cries.†   (source)
  • He had untiring energy for the dancing and parties she loved and an unending supply of coarse stories with which he regaled her on their infrequent evenings alone when the table was cleared and brandy and coffee before them.†   (source)
  • "And so," he declared, "Pieter Peeperkorn will now regale himself with a schnapps."†   (source)
  • The sound is shrill, yet full of life and emerges from deepest—but drink, regale your heart anew.†   (source)
  • The bread of God, clear as crystal, my little Nickname, that we may be regaled.†   (source)
  • The rest followed my example, and we regaled ourselves upon the fruit, which we found excellent.†   (source)
  • Still, however, it was her private regale.†   (source)
  • So, my dear viscount, whenever you wish to be regaled with music come and sup with me.†   (source)
  • Muishkin gave him excellent cigars to smoke, and Lebedeff, for his part, regaled him with liqueurs, brought in by Vera, to whom the doctor—a married man and the father of a family—addressed such compliments that she was filled with indignation.†   (source)
  • Thorpe, the eldest boy, was old enough to go on the Arethusa, and Athelny regaled his family with magnificent descriptions of the appearance the lad would make when he came back in uniform for his holidays.†   (source)
  • Zeena answered in her every-day tone and, warming to the theme, regaled them with several vivid descriptions of intestinal disturbances among her friends and relatives.†   (source)
  • He talked of Greenwich Village now instead of "noon-swirled moons," and met winter muses, unacademic, and cloistered by Forty-second Street and Broadway, instead of the Shelleyan dream-children with whom he had regaled their expectant appreciation.†   (source)
  • Mr. Sampson was very proud of his friendship with the popular favourites whose frocks he made, and when he went out to dinner at two o'clock on Sunday with Miss Victoria Virgo, "she was wearing that powder blue we made her and I lay she didn't let on it come from us, I "ad to tell her meself that if I "adn't designed it with my own "ands I'd have said it must come from Paquin', at her beautiful house in Tulse Hill, he regaled the department next day with abundant details.†   (source)
  • …Dutchman, a man from Java, a coffee-planter—would hardly be an incentive, or beuer, would not of itself be sufficient cause for us to introduce Pieter Peeperkorn (for that was what he called himself, saying, "Pieter Peeperkorn will now regale himself with a schnapps") at this late juncture in our story; for, good Lord, what shades and hues were not to be found in the society of the successful institution under the medical management of Hofrat Doctor Behrens, that polyglot of the…†   (source)
  • Both wine and coffee, Hans Castorp heard him say, were good for fever—quite apart from their regaling effect, they were very good for his intermittent attacks of tropical fever, one of which kept him bedfast in his room for several hours the second day after his arrival.†   (source)
  • In short, it was a true regaling cordial, a splendid drink that invigorated, stimulated, and quickened the system—an intoxicating drug, as well, by the way; one could very easily get a little tipsy and mellow from it, he said, gesturing with both fingers and head as he had the night before in the grand jocular fashion that made him resemble a dancing heathen priest.†   (source)
  • "That regales," he said.†   (source)
  • So much was pretty soon understood; but till Sir Walter and Elizabeth were walking Mary into the other drawing-room, and regaling themselves with her admiration, Anne could not draw upon Charles's brain for a regular history of their coming, or an explanation of some smiling hints of particular business, which had been ostentatiously dropped by Mary, as well as of some apparent confusion as to whom their party consisted of.†   (source)
  • CHAPTER II The little girl performed her long journey in safety; and at Northampton was met by Mrs. Norris, who thus regaled in the credit of being foremost to welcome her, and in the importance of leading her in to the others, and recommending her to their kindness.†   (source)
  • The hero sinks upon his straw bed, weighed down by fetters and misfortunes; in the next scene, his faithful but unconscious squire regales the audience with a comic song.†   (source)
  • The odour which now filled the refectory was scarcely more appetising than that which had regaled our nostrils at breakfast: the dinner was served in two huge tin-plated vessels, whence rose a strong steam redolent of rancid fat.†   (source)
  • Thomas may have his own personal opinions on this subject, probably hints them in his manner of smoothing his sleek head from the nape of his neck to his temples, but he forbears to express them further and retires to the servants' hall to regale on cold meat-pie and ale.†   (source)
  • The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by dogs, stooped down at Scrooge's keyhole to regale him with a Christmas carol: but at the first sound of "God bless you, merry gentleman!†   (source)
  • They became exhausted in imitation of them; and they yaw-yawed in their speech like them; and they served out, with an enervated air, the little mouldy rations of political economy, on which they regaled their disciples.†   (source)
  • Not because I was squeezed in at an acute angle of the tablecloth, with the table in my chest, and the Pumblechookian elbow in my eye, nor because I was not allowed to speak (I didn't want to speak), nor because I was regaled with the scaly tips of the drumsticks of the fowls, and with those obscure corners of pork of which the pig, when living, had had the least reason to be vain.†   (source)
  • He told her a great many things he had done, and regaled her with anecdotes of Western life; she was from Philadelphia, and with her eight years in Paris, talked of herself as a languid Oriental.†   (source)
  • Among other things, it contained a few dozen pigeons, which were regaling on a pile of wheat that had been brought off from one of the farms plundered on the Canada shore.†   (source)
  • In the year mentioned, a traveller coming to the promontory to regale himself with the view there offered, would have mounted a wall, and, with the city at his back, looked over the bay of Neapolis, as charming then as now; and then, as now, he would have seen the matchless shore, the smoking cone, the sky and waves so softly, deeply blue, Ischia here and Capri yonder; from one to the other and back again, through the purpled air, his gaze would have sported; at last—for the eyes do…†   (source)
  • If he does, they regale his ears with the following song:— Poor massa, so dey say; Down in de heel, so dey say; Got no money, so dey say; Not one shillin, so dey say; God A'mighty bress you, so dey say.†   (source)
  • It had been good for her to regale; she was very conscious of that; she was very observant, as we know, of what was good for her, and her effort was constantly to find something that was good enough.†   (source)
  • At Eton Slocomb there was a good coach dinner, of which the box, the four front outsides, the one inside, Nicholas, the good-tempered man, and Mr Squeers, partook; while the five little boys were put to thaw by the fire, and regaled with sandwiches.†   (source)
  • He was supplied with bread of a finer, whiter quality than the usual prison fare, and even regaled each Sunday with a small quantity of wine.†   (source)
  • …knave's brains with the bunch of keys, but gratitude for the nook of pasty and the flask of wine which the rascal had imparted to my captivity, came over my heart; so, with a brace of hearty kicks, I left him on the floor, pouched some baked meat, and a leathern bottle of wine, with which the two venerable brethren had been regaling, went to the stable, and found in a private stall mine own best palfrey, which, doubtless, had been set apart for the holy Father Abbot's particular use.†   (source)
  • Who would think, then, that such fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale!†   (source)
  • Veslovsky sang songs and related with enjoyment his adventures with the peasants, who had regaled him with vodka, and said to him, "Excuse our homely ways," and his night's adventures with kiss-in-the-ring and the servant-girl and the peasant, who had asked him was he married, and on learning that he was not, said to him, "Well, mind you don't run after other men's wives—you'd better get one of your own."†   (source)
  • So, with a gulf between him and the good company of about a foot in width, standard measure, Mrs Plornish's father was handsomely regaled.†   (source)
  • Before entering the restaurant room, the visitor read on the door the following line written there in chalk by Courfeyrac:— Regale si tu peux et mange si tu l'oses.†   (source)
  • " 'tis a cat of mine," said the archdeacon, quickly, "who is regaling herself under there with a mouse," This explanation satisfied Charmolue.†   (source)
  • There were assembled, in that lower house of the domestic parliament, the women-servants, Mr. Brittles, Mr. Giles, the tinker (who had received a special invitation to regale himself for the remainder of the day, in consideration of his services), and the constable.†   (source)
  • …of the two, and the aptitude with which they accommodated themselves to the pewter-pot; in explanation of which seeming marvel it may be here observed, that gentlemen who, like Messrs Pyke and Pluck, live upon their wits (or not so much, perhaps, upon the presence of their own wits as upon the absence of wits in other people) are occasionally reduced to very narrow shifts and straits, and are at such periods accustomed to regale themselves in a very simple and primitive manner.†   (source)
  • Going along the narrow path to a little uncut meadow covered on one side with thick clumps of brilliant heart's-ease among which stood up here and there tall, dark green tufts of hellebore, Levin settled his guests in the dense, cool shade of the young aspens on a bench and some stumps purposely put there for visitors to the bee house who might be afraid of the bees, and he went off himself to the hut to get bread, cucumbers, and fresh honey, to regale them with.†   (source)
  • As we advanced, Knips skipped from the back of his steed Juno and began to regale himself on some fruit, at a short distance off; we followed the little animal and found him devouring delicious strawberries.†   (source)
  • …charged with concluding the marriage between the dauphin and Marguerite of Flanders, had made its entry into Paris, to the great annoyance of M. le Cardinal de Bourbon, who, for the sake of pleasing the king, had been obliged to assume an amiable mien towards this whole rustic rabble of Flemish burgomasters, and to regale them at his Hôtel de Bourbon, with a very "pretty morality, allegorical satire, and farce," while a driving rain drenched the magnificent tapestries at his door.†   (source)
  • The lord himself, not being troubled to any inconvenient extent with the power of thinking, regaled himself with the conversation of Messrs Pyke and Pluck, who sharpened their wit by a plentiful indulgence in various costly stimulants at his expense.†   (source)
  • The donkey was in a state of profound abstraction: wondering, probably, whether he was destined to be regaled with a cabbage-stalk or two when he had disposed of the two sacks of soot with which the little cart was laden; so, without noticing the word of command, he jogged onward.†   (source)
  • While we thus regaled ourselves, I related to my wife our adventures, and then begged she would remember her promise and tell me all that had happened in my absence.†   (source)
  • Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.†   (source)
  • Fashionable society of that day hardly knew the name of the victim who passed by at the corner of the street, and it was the populace at the most who regaled themselves with this coarse fare.†   (source)
  • They were then regaled with a light supper of porridge, and stowed away, side by side, in a small bedstead, to warm each other, and dream of a substantial meal with something hot after it, if their fancies set that way: which it is not at all improbable they did.†   (source)
  • Miss Snevellicci's papa being greatly exalted by this triumph, and incontestable proof of his popularity with the fair sex, quickly grew convivial, not to say uproarious; volunteering more than one song of no inconsiderable length, and regaling the social circle between-whiles with recollections of divers splendid women who had been supposed to entertain a passion for himself, several of whom he toasted by name, taking occasion to remark at the same time that if he had been a little…†   (source)
  • …backers scarce, will chivalrously set to, for the mere pleasure of the buffeting; and in one respect indeed this comparison would hold good; for, as the adventurous pair of the Fives' Court will afterwards send round a hat, and trust to the bounty of the lookers-on for the means of regaling themselves, so Mr Godfrey Nickleby and HIS partner, the honeymoon being over, looked out wistfully into the world, relying in no inconsiderable degree upon chance for the improvement of their means.†   (source)
  • …from all appearances, and the difficulty of making the water warm, the last servant could not have been much accustomed to any other fire than St Anthony's; but a little brandy and water was made at last, and the guests, having been previously regaled with cold leg of mutton and bread and cheese, soon afterwards took leave; Kate amusing herself, all the way home, with the recollection of her last glimpse of Mr Mortimer Knag deeply abstracted in the shop; and Mrs Nickleby by debating…†   (source)
  • Apparently this regal man required unusual amounts of regalement.†   (source)
  • For it asserts that culture is not a matter of reason and well-articulated sobriety, but rather is bound up with enthusiasm, with intoxication, and the sense of regalement.†   (source)
  • They all stem from his penchant for honor, of course, from his fear that his feelings will fail him, the same fear that makes him love the classic gifts, the regalements, the way he does.†   (source)
  • He likewise found regalement in extra-strong coffee, which he drank several times a day—not just in the morning, but at noon from a large cup, and not just after the meal, but during it, along with his wine.†   (source)
  • For when the Dutchman was not confined to bed, he seldom failed to gather about him a small, constantly changing assortment of Berghof guests for after-dinner games with wine and other regalements, either in the social rooms as on that first occasion, or in the restaurant; and Hans Castorp would take his customary seat between the great man and the careless woman.†   (source)
  • Except that this was a fruit—a fresh, plump, healthy fruit, that was liable, extraordinarily liable, to begin to rot and decay at that very moment, or perhaps the next; and although it was purest regalement of the spirit when enjoyed at the right moment, only a moment later and it could spread rot and decay among those who partook of it.†   (source)
  • I asked, trying to remember the dreary details of local history Frank had spent hours regaling me with over the last week.†   (source)
  • While this was going on there came up to the inn a sowgelder, who, as he approached, sounded his reed pipe four or five times, and thereby completely convinced Don Quixote that he was in some famous castle, and that they were regaling him with music, and that the stockfish was trout, the bread the whitest, the wenches ladies, and the landlord the castellan of the castle; and consequently he held that his enterprise and sally had been to some purpose.†   (source)
  • Sacerdotium Regale, A Regal Priesthood; as also the Institution it self, by which no man might enter into the Sanctum Sanctorum, that is to say, no man might enquire Gods will immediately of God himselfe, but onely the High Priest.†   (source)
  • The lady had no sooner laid herself on her pillow than the waiting-woman returned to the kitchen to regale with some of those dainties which her mistress had refused.†   (source)
  • To prevent, therefore, giving offence to their customers by any such disappointment, it hath been usual with the honest and well-meaning host to provide a bill of fare which all persons may peruse at their first entrance into the house; and having thence acquainted themselves with the entertainment which they may expect, may either stay and regale with what is provided for them, or may depart to some other ordinary better accommodated to their taste.†   (source)
  • While Sophia was left with no other company than what attend the closest state prisoner, namely, fire and candle, the squire sat down to regale himself over a bottle of wine, with his parson and the landlord of the Hercules Pillars, who, as the squire said, would make an excellent third man, and could inform them of the news of the town, and how affairs went; for to be sure, says he, he knows a great deal, since the horses of many of the quality stand at his house.†   (source)
  • This dislike was now farther increased by a report which Mr Whitefield made from the kitchen, where Partridge had informed the company, "That though he carried the knapsack, and contented himself with staying among servants, while Tom Jones (as he called him) was regaling in the parlour, he was not his servant, but only a friend and companion, and as good a gentleman as Mr Jones himself."†   (source)
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