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  • But his feeling of satisfaction passed quickly to one of impotent rage as he recognized his own powerlessness, for all his wealth of honey-pots, to make lebkuchen which would be eaten by anybody but the tough-palated children from St. Bridget's School.

    A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 W. T. [Illustrator] Smedley 1881

  • I have slain Awtaban, and he was a knight stout armed and bitter palated; I hurled him to the ground, laid low by my sword, his feet and legs wallowing in blood.

    Antar : 1820

  • Every part, crumb, grain, or scrap of this knowledge, is to a Christian, as drops of honey are to sweet-palated children, worth the gathering up, worth the putting to the taste to be relished.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658

  • I once saw a special on adopting rescue dogs, and the interview process is more complicated than the one for buying a cleft-palated Vietnamese adolescent.

    San Francisco Sentinel 2010

  • It's true, that here is a Charge encreased by the Consumption of a greater quantity of Hops than usual, but then how greatly will they answer the desired end of enjoying fine palated wholsome Drink, that in a cheap time will not amount to much if bought at the best Hand; and if we consider their after-use and benefit in small Beer, there is not any loss at all in their Quantity: But where it can be afforded, the very small Beer would be much improved if fresh Hops were also shifted in the boiling of this as well as the stronger worts, and then it would be neighbourly Charity to give them away to the poorer Person.

    The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

  • This “sushi dog’s” favorite was bluefish, particularly the darker meat—which worked out nicely, because, its nutritional value not withstanding, many fickle-palated people don’t like dark-flesh fish because of its oily consistency and, well, fishy taste.

    THROW ME A BONE Cooper Gillespie 2003

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