And now to support my spirits, which indeed wanted it very much, I went to my little store, and took a small sup of rum; which, however, I did then, and always, very sparingly, knowing I could have no more when that was gone.

By attending three or four houses in one afternoon one sups upon emotions and feeds without restraint upon rich, satisfying laughter.

Wait a bit," she says, "an' I'll fetch ye a sup o' the wather I'm afther bilin' the pitaties in, maybe that'll do ye good," she says. '

They gave him a sup of some spirituous liquor which happened to be at hand, by which he said he found a more sensible refreshment than he could remember from anything he had tasted either before or since.

"We're going on with 'em after they've 'ad sup-per," continued Mr. Thompson, as he and his wife rose to depart.

"Leave a sup of wine and a bit of bread for the Folk, and let us see if we cannot find some May-flowers.

THE FIRST VOICE And by the favour of thy prayers obtain The needful daily sup and crumb!

"I suppose you won't stay and pick a bit o' sup-per with us?" said Mrs. Silk.

Piso commends frications, Andrew Borde a good draught of strong drink before one goes to bed; I say, a nutmeg and ale, or a good draught of Muscadine, with a toast and nutmeg, or a posset of the same, which many use in a morning, but methinks, for such as have dry brains, are much more proper at night; some prescribe a sup of vinegar as they go to bed, a spoonful, saith Aetius Tetrabib.

He who sleeps, sups.

So I ran and opened the door; and wha think ye I saw but Jean Graham, Mr. Napier's cook, with een like twa candles, and her mouth as wide as if she had been to swallow the biggest sup of porridge that ever crossed ploughman's craig?"

" "If they was rale bad people," said Roseen persuasively; "rale wicked, crule people, the same as me gran'father beyant, it 'ud sarve them right,or we might throw down a sup of bilin' wather," she added as a concession.

I 'ad another sup o' the skipper's whisky to clear my 'ead, and sat down to try and think wot tale I was to tell 'im. I sat for pretty near three hours without thinking of one, and then I 'eard the crew come on to the wharf.

" Jack's tone was that of one who urges a tired man to take a few more steps, or an invalid without any appetite to try another sup of broth.