"St. andrew" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... presumed to lay violent hands upon him, felt the first effects of his fury in a blow upon the jaws, in consequence of which he lost three of his teeth, and fell athwart the body of the receiver, with which he formed the figure of a St. Andrew's cross. One of his myrmidons, seeing the fate of his chief, would not venture to attack the victor in front, but, wheeling to one side, made an attempt upon him in flank, and was received obliquely by our ...
— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett
... married at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, on July 3, 1638, the bride presenting such a shocking appearance that the clergyman who performed the ceremony could not look at her a second time. It is highly satisfactory to be able to say that ...
— Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines • Henry Charles Moore
... that were too many by half. These two roads, one of which was the great highroad between France and Germany, decussated at this very point; which is a learned way of saying that they formed a St. Andrew's Cross, or letter X. I hope the compositor will choose a good large X; in which case the point of intersection, the locus of conflux and intersection for these four diverging arms, will finish the reader's geographical education, by showing him to a hair's-breadth ...
— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey
... Leek (1) Leek (2) Lentil Milk Milk, for Children Oatmeal Onion and Rice Onion (French) Parsnip Pea Portuguese Potato Rice Rice and Green Pea Sorrel (1) Sorrel (2) Sorrel (French) (3) Spanish Spinach Spring St. Andrew's Summer Tapioca and Tomato Tomato (1) Tomato (2) Tomato and Tapioca Vegetable Vegetable Marrow White Wholemeal Spaghetti aux Tomato Spanish Onion and Cheese Spanish Onions and White Sauce Spanish Onions, ...
— The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book • Thomas R. Allinson
... by my faith as belted knight, And by the name I bear, And by the bright St. Andrew's Cross, That waves above us there; Yea, by a greater mightier oath, And oh! that such should be— By that dark stream of royal blood, That lies 'twixt you and me, I have not sought in battle field A wreath of such renown, Or dared to hope my dying day Would ...
— A Book For The Young • Sarah French
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