He thought he must certainly give one to Lucy, and as he had just been boasting that he preferred another's pleasure to his own, he was ashamed to offer her the apple; and yet he wanted the pear very much himself.

Peel and cut the pears into any form that may be preferred, and steep them in cold water to prevent them turning black; put them into a saucepan with sufficient cold water to cover them, and boil them with the butter and enough sugar to sweeten them nicely, until tender; then brush the pears over with the yolk of an egg, sprinkle them with sifted sugar, and arrange them on a dish.

Peel and cut the pears into quarters; put them into a jar with 3/4 pint of water, cloves, cinnamon, and sufficient sugar to sweeten the whole nicely; cover down the top of the jar, and bake the pears in a gentle oven until perfectly tender, but do not allow them to break.

*** "If you had let the boy eat it, it would have punished him a great deal more than I can," said the North London magistrate to a man who was prosecuting a boy for stealing an unripe pear.

9. Poor Fanny carries the pears to market.

He will not rumple Peg, nor Joan, nor Nan, But has enough at home to do with Marian, Whom he so little pleases, she in scorn Does teach his devilship to wind the horn; But if your children cry when Robin comes, You may to still them buy here pears or plums.

From 20 minutes to 1/2 hour to stew the pears; 5 minutes to boil the syrup.

At this moment the young physician was eating a pear.

" "They have got some nice pears," said one of the Rangers, "and when they get ripe, we must plan another expedition.

Heat the south wind kindly gives us; Reddens apples, gilds the pear, Gives the grape a richer purple, Scatters plenty everywhere.

If a nigger gits a' office, er de race 'pears ter be prosperin' too much, de w'ite folks up an' kills a few, so dat de res' kin keep on fergivin' an' bein' thankful dat dey're lef alive.

"The best way, I think," she continued, "would have been for you, Rollo, to have given the pear to Lucy, as she was your visitor, and a young lady too.

" A little later he grafted quinces on pear and apple stocks; also he grafted "Spanish pairs," "Butter pears," "Bergamy Pears," "Newtown Pippins," "43 of the Maryland Red Strick," etc., and transplanted thirty-five young crab scions.

Here, on a rustic table, stood wine and a few delicacies,while, by extending a hand, we could grasp the hanging pears and nectarines, still warm to the lip and luscious with sunshine, as we disputed possession with the envious wasp who had established a priority of claim.

They said you couldn't grow pears around there.

Madame Slavkovsky handed out pears and large plums.

A little later, tomato sauce, a most useful article to have by you, may be prepared; a supply of apples laid in, if you have a place to keep them, as also a few keeping pears and filberts.

I knows den it no use to look for her any longer, and de more I grows to look down, 'pears like de more dey laughs at me, and dey calls me 'dat moon-hit niggar.'

And Amelia took the hint meekly and got up from her seat, leaving a pear unfinished.

When done, lay the pears in a plain mould, which should be well wetted, and boil 1/2 pint of the liquor the pears were baked in with the wine, lemon-peel, strained juice, and gelatine.

Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher of the fourth century, speaks of the pear in terms of highest praise; and Galen, the father of medical science, mentions the pear in his writings as possessing "qualities which benefit the stomach."

" Salters looked admiringly at his grandson, who sat grinning in the corner, munching a pear he had brought from the table.

" Mr. Bellingham laughed uneasily and again glanced at his daughter, who, however, pursued her occupation of peeling a pear with calm deliberation and without lifting her eyes.

You may remember how David opened his heart to me about enlisting when he stood on the ladder picking the pears last year.

Sekina went to pluck the pears which grew in abundance round the church; and Seltanetta could freely yield to nature.