I do not care a fig about melody of voice, or science in quavering; I am not talking about sweetness of tone; what I mean to say is, that I do not believe there is a man living, even though he have no more voice than a raven, who is human, and yet never sang to the baby, always assuming that he has one.

"To peel a fig, so far as we are concerned," writes Mr. Hazlitt, "can have no significance, except that we should not regard it as a friendly service; but, in fact, the proverb is merely a translation from the Spanish, and in that language and country the phrase carries a very full meaning, as no one would probably like to eat a fig without being sure that the fruit had not been tampered with.

CORN MEAL MUSH WITH FRUIT.Mush prepared in the above manner may have some well-steamed raisins or chopped figs added to it just before serving.

From a Tartar's skull they had stripp'd the flesh, As ye peel the fig when its fruit is fresh; And their white tusks crunch'd on the whiter skull, As it slipp'd through their jaws when their edge grow dull.

He is now much excited against the birds because they will not leave his figs alone, and someone has just lent him a blunderbuss wherewith to slay them.

We also found on some of the rocky hills a tree with fruit and flowers resembling a small fig, the leaves like a lemon, but yielding an acrid milky juice.

He who sows the wind must reap the whirlwind, and he who sows thistles may be well assured that he will never gather figs as his harvest.

"Come, I will sell you some flour," said Ali. "Come, I will sell you some black figs," answered Ou Ali.

We met docile camels in great number, bringing figs from the interior.

If you fail to get them, while Cæsar is scattering them about, do not be troubled; if a dried fig come into your lap, take it and eat it; for so far you may value even a fig.

Ou Ali, who thought he was bearing black figs, found on opening his sack that it was nothing but dust.

For these reasons it is now considered that midsummer is the best season to propagate figs.

The stomachs of the peccaries we killed contained wild figs, palm nuts, and bundles of root fibres.

To such guests Uncle Jap would offer figs, water-melons, peaches, a square meal at noon, and exact nothing in return except appreciation.

My land is said to produce the best figs in Tuscany; I have usually six or seven bushels of them.

It was with such intelligent curiosity that some farmers first cultivated their vines a second and a third time, and deferred grafting the figs from spring to summer.

"From thicket now and thorn let violets spring, Now let white lilies drape the juniper, And pines grow figs, and nature all go wrong: For Daphnis dies.

The sooner you use nuts, dates and figs after they have been stored, the more palatable they will be, for by keeping figs lose their flavour, dates rot and nuts dry up.

FARINA WITH FIG SAUCE.Cook the farina as in the foregoing recipe, and serve hot with a fig sauce prepared as follows: Carefully look over, washed, and chop or cut quite finally, enough good figs to make a cupful.

Nat. 919.), and, penetrating the female fig, thus impregnated the flowers; for the evidence of this wonderful fact, see the word Caprification, in Milne's Botanical Dictionary.

One of them, according to Herodotus, ventured to address him with these plain words: "Thou art about, O King, to make war against men who wear leather trousers and other garments of leather; who feed not on what they like, but on what they can get from a soil which is sterile and unfriendly; who do not indulge in wine, but drink water; who possess no figs, nor anything which is good to eat.

Line a dish with sponge cake or lady fingers; pour the figs in the centre and cover with whipped

He shall proclaim his figs in the name of the Prophet for all time if you will tell me about the old house.

Casey was so worried that he could not properly enjoy his supper of pâté de foi gras and crackers, with pork and beans, plum puddingeaten as cakeand spiced figs and coffee.

or why does your Paris gourmand roll a fig on his tongue, that a Lazzarone of Naples would cast into his bay, but because he wishes to enjoy the bounties of a low latitude, under a watery sky?