... what he wanted; they were warm and greasy from recent washing in dirty water. Plates of meat swimming in gravy were handed round by boys in white jackets, and as they flung each plate down with the quick gesture of a prestidigitator the gravy slopped over on to the table-cloth. Then they brought large dishes of cabbages and potatoes; the sight of them turned Philip's stomach; he noticed that everyone poured quantities of vinegar over them. The noise ... — Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham Read full book for free!
... figure slopped With the shake of his walking when he stopped, And, though the night's pinch grew acute, He wore but a thin Wind-thridded suit, Yet well-shaped shoes for walking in, Artistic beaver, ... — Moments of Vision • Thomas Hardy Read full book for free!
... most liquid speaker, Perfesser," declared Washington White. "Yo' was sayin' dat w'en disher new planet broke off de earf, she slopped... — On a Torn-Away World • Roy Rockwood Read full book for free!
... abstractedly and slopped the table. He pushed the bottle toward Racey. The latter caught it just in time to prevent a ... — The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White Read full book for free!
... splashed his way to the side-lines, to be patted wetly on the back and wrapped in a damp blanket. That was well enough. That was the usual thing. But the unusual, the astounding thing was that two of the Greenmount team had slopped to the side-lines and picked up Gridley, divested now of his purple sweater, bodily, in their arms, and carried him, dry-shod, over the slithering mud. Honor gave a gasping moan. "I knew...." There was a dead, sick silence ... — Play the Game! • Ruth Comfort Mitchell Read full book for free!
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