corn-brandy

Armenians spread out their rich handkerchiefs; Tatars turned their kabobs upon spits; a Jew, with his head thrust forward, was filtering some corn-brandy from a cask.

Taras Bulba 2003

The taverns were attacked and mead, corn-brandy, and beer seized without payment, the owners being only too glad to escape with whole skins themselves.

Taras Bulba 2003

The Latins were stupid: they did not know there was such a thing in the world as corn-brandy.

Taras Bulba 2003

Stout tanners seated beneath awnings were scraping ox-hides with their strong hands; shop-keepers sat in their booths, with piles of flints, steels, and powder before them; Armenians spread out their rich handkerchiefs, Tatars turned their kabobs upon spits; a Jew, with his head thrust forward, was filtering some corn-brandy from a cask.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

The Latins were stupid: they did not know there was such a thing in the world as corn-brandy.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

` ` I don't believe the archimandrite allowed you so much as a smell of corn-brandy, '' continued Taras.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

First of all, let's take some corn-brandy, '' said Bulba.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

We don't want any dumplings, honey-cakes, poppy-cakes, or any other such messes: give us a whole sheep, a goat, mead forty years old, and as much corn-brandy as possible, not with raisins and all sorts of stuff, but plain scorching corn-brandy, which foams and hisses like mad. ''

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

The taverns were attacked and mead, corn-brandy, and beer seized without payment, the owners being only too glad to escape with whole skins themselves.

Taras Bulba and Other Tales 1952

The feeling of the Russian peasant toward the rough corn-brandy of his own country is characteristic.

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume I 1905