I've hearn it said that when a man has eaten a hearty dinner, and goes to sleep with the hot sun pourin' right down on him, he's apt to see and hear a good many strange things before he wakes up.

He gave very handsome dinners, liked his guests to be punctual, was very punctual himself, always arrived on the stroke of eight when he dined with us.

"He was taken off, practically under arrest, to the Hôtel, and told to order a dinner for thirty, with ice and champagne.

I had tolerable good luck in the forenoon, and landed on a rocky island to cook dinner.

They had finished dinner, at which the absorbing subject of the tragedy at Wynford Place was the main topic of their conversation, when the landlord came in to say that Mr. Gervase Henshaw, who was staying at the hotel, would like to see them if they were disengaged.

We had dispatched Cullen to the shanty to prepare dinner for us by six o'clock, at which hour we were to be at home.

We got dinner, and, after that, just sat and smoked in silence.

He sometimes played backgammon with his mother, or took dinner with Dr. Portman or some other neighbour; these were the chief of his pleasures; or he would listen to his mother's simple music of summer evenings.

" When the sun had set she said to the servant, "Go, bring the dinner, that the guests may eat."

We rejoined our companions in a little bay that lay quietly around a rocky promontory, where we found them enjoying a dinner of venison and trout, under the shade of some huge firtrees, by the side of a beautiful spring that came bubbling up, in its icy coldness, from beneath the tangled roots of a stinted and gnarled birch.

The kids are all hungry and want their dinners.

Here we will only say, that for both mistress and servants, as well in large as small households, it will be found, by far, the better plan, to cook and serve the dinner, and to lay the tablecloth and the sideboard, with the same cleanliness, neatness, and scrupulous exactness, whether it be for the mistress herself alone, a small family, or for "company."

W. was very particular about not having long dinners.

One boy buys newspapers, and sells them at a profit which buys him his dinner.

To conclude what I was saying, then,I have the confidence in you, Mr. MONTGOMERY, to believe that you will attend the dinner of Reconciliation on Christmas eve, as you have promised.

" Just as Pansy appeared to announce dinner, Nan did come down, and Patty stared at her in amazement.

"You see, Pitty-Pat," he said, "it wouldn't have made any difference at allnot any difference at all, except that I have brought my friend Mr. Hepworth, the artist, home to dinner; and you see, misled by the experiences of last night, I promised him we would find a tidy little dinner awaiting us.

"Tell the waiter to send up a simple dinner for twoI can't bother to order.

But though Irechester was quite friendly when they met at Old Place before dinner, and talked freely to her during a rather prolonged period of waiting (Captain Alec and Cynthia, Gertie and two subalterns were very late, having apparently forgotten dinner in more refined delights), he made no reference to the letters, nor to Tower Cottage or its inmates.

She has also to dress the nursery and servants'-hall dinners, to prepare all fish, poultry, and vegetables, trim meat joints and cutlets, and do all such duties as may be considered to enter into the cook's department in a subordinate degree.

He proposed an amendment to the Constitution, to provide that a dinner of at least three courses should be given to cows daily.

It would spoil my dinner if I had to shop afterwards.

For we had missed our dinner in the excitement of the day's work, and were come now to feel the lack of it.

He instantly had his carriage called back and left the house in spite of all the explanations and apologies of his host, saying that when "one had the honour of receiving the Marquis de N. one waited dinner for him.

He would lose his dinner.