Cook 1 pound of prunes in a large saucepan with sliced lemon, a piece of stick cinnamon and brown sugar.

"Best thing is some dried prunes with the pits taken out of 'em.

Cook 1/2 pound of prunes until soft; remove the stones and cut the prunes into small pieces.

He flutters up and down like a butterfly in a garden, and while he is pruning of his peruke takes occasion to contemplate his legs and the symmetry of his breeches.

To spend too much time in studies, is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar: they perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Boil some prunes until tender.

That's the main thing!" He retreated accordingly, but before the evening was over, Bull regretted dismissing his little ally so quickly, for although Diablo indulged in no more threatening outbreaks of temper, he resolutely refused to eat the prunes from Bull's hand.

Louise counted six prunes on my eight trees, and I have just four pears and not a single apple.

Lay the chrimsel on a large platter and pour the prunes over all.

I weighed spices, counted out nuts and prunes for the children, and acted as cashier.

My task I have felt to be that of a judicious reporter, who cuts short what is of temporary interest, condenses what is too amplified for his limits and for written style, severely prunes down the repetitions which are inevitable where numerous

My mother, herself finding her chief personal pleasure in her flowers, was often planting, or pruning beside me, at least if I chose to stay beside her.