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All this his wife saw and recognized even in her illness, and did make some light ineffectual efforts to give him ease; but Lucy in her new power was ruthless, and the chicken to make the chicken-broth was taken out of the basket under his very nose.
Framley Parsonage 2004
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Nevertheless, and notwithstanding the lynx-eyed vigilance of the police, the smell from the pot was sometimes astonishingly like unto the smell of chicken-broth; which clearly shows what good cooking can accomplish even on the barren veldt.
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Edward P. Lowry
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Some of these cookery books are of use in sickness, especially as replacing those of the beef-tea, chicken-broth, jelly and arrowroot order.
The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
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With the hamper appeared also a nice old lady, who bustled about on tiptoe, began to make chicken-broth, and peel oranges for the sick man, and to ply the small servant with glasses of wine, and choice bits of everything.
Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser
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The _haggis_, a kind of pudding, made of the offals or interior of a sheep, and boiled in the integument of its stomach; this dish, both in odour and flavour, is usually excessively offensive to the stranger; the singed sheep's head, water-souchie, Scotch soup, (an _olla podrida_ of meats and vegetables,) chicken-broth and sowens.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829 Various
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'And can't you make her a cup of tea, and a little chicken-broth?
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various
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We came away at two o'clock; few of the English staid later; but among the Portuguese, the more ardent spirits kept up the dance till long after day-break, when it is customary to serve up _caldo_, a sort of chicken-broth, for their refreshment.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 Various
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The next time I woke up I saw an old woman leaning over me and holding in her hand a gourd containing some chicken-broth which I swallowed slowly, not feeling the cravings of hunger, in fact not knowing whether I was dead or alive.
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On this she is now boiling potatoes, stewing some chicken-broth, heating a kettle of water, and has
Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan
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In torpid cases, some beef-tea, chicken-broth, and even a little wine with water, will raise the reactive powers of the patient.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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