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Then after a moments pause she added, Theres a dozen o cut jelly-glasses upstairsI shall never put jelly into em no more.
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To such a point did it obsess me that I refused to allow Maggie to use a tablet of glazed paper she had found in the kitchen table drawer to tie up the jelly-glasses.
The Confession Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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Pour rapidly from one jug to the other till the mixture is well frothed; then, pour it into jelly-glasses, omitting the lemon-rind.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Pour rapidly from one jug to the other till the mixture is well frothed; then, pour it into jelly-glasses, omitting the lemon-rind.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Then after a moment's pause she added, "There's a dozen o 'cut jelly-glasses upstairs -- I shall never put jelly into 'em no more."
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849
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Abstracted as he was, and conveniently deaf at times, he had heard such significant whispers about "taking advantage of the bishop's being in the neighborhood," and "twelve new jelly-glasses being absolutely wanted," as to assure him that some deadly festivity was in the wind.
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Abstracted as he was, and conveniently deaf at times, he had heard such significant whispers about "taking advantage of the bishop's being in the neighborhood," and "twelve new jelly-glasses being absolutely wanted," as to assure him that some deadly festivity was in the wind.
The Caxtons — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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