And as they or similar conversational confectionsare invariably included in each of the three ladies' entertainments en petit comite, it isn't wonderful if I forswear their drawing-rooms.
As soon as they had ended eating what sufficed them, water was brought to them and they washed their hands, after which they were served with confections and coffee and sherbets.
And when their hands were washed, the confections and sherbet and coffee were set before them, so they ate and were satisfied and gladdened and made merry.
The smartest toilettes and the most picturesque of native costumes are seen side by side, the latest confections of Worth and Paquin and costly heirlooms handed down from the days of Boabdil and Gonsalvo de Cordova.
With confections such as these dazzling the eyes, it is no wonder that I began to see visions of gentlemen in black silk tights, dark green frock coats, and snowy white cravats, stammering Castilian with a Parisian accent.
In Conserves and Confections the addition of the saccharine matter is in much larger proportion, and is designed to preserve the vegetable matter; in Electuaries, the syrup is designed merely to communicate the required form.
We have occasionally seen confections and extracts, prepared in copper pans, deposit a coating of that metal upon the knives used to stir them.
These areconfections of which the principal basis is sugar.
Confections should be preserved in stone jars covered with writing paper, and placed in a cool and not too dry a situation.
As remedial agents, the officinal confections possess little value, and are chiefly used as vehicles for the administration of more active medicines.
It would appear that opium was not much employed until the time of the Arabs, except in the form of the confections known as Theriaca, Mithridatica, &c.
The confections or electuaries of catechu and opium are the representatives of the above polypharmic compounds in the modern British Pharmacop[oe]ias.
Rare foods, fruits, nuts and confections which lend charm and novelty to afternoon tea, card party reception or any home function.
In confections the butternut kernel may compete successfully with the popular flavor of the black walnut kernels.
The next experiment was with candy; as a candy center it was one of the finest tasting confections that had ever been made, but the oil which would ooze through the chocolate coatings prevented the practical use of it.
There were the confections brought by the caterer; none other that I know of; I did not indulge her much in sweets.
Was there anything peculiar about these confections either in taste or appearance?
Then Akbeck stepped up, and said, "My lord the dwarf, I am also the king of a far country, and I bring you some of the confections of my dominions.
Booths are erected at the various gates, which are supplied with fruits andconfections free to all who present a ticket to the keeper.
Here were confections resembling foam and cloud, whose very taste was elysium.
I promised our hostess to bake her some confections after our forest fashion, and I cannot leave so delicate a duty only half done.
The young lady was naturally indignant with a burly trencherman who devoured a round dozen of assorted confections that were put on his platter without discovering that they possessed any flavour whatsoever.
Confections of orange-peel are excellent tonics and stomachics.
It is in daily use for ices, chocolates, and flavouring confections generally.
It would be equally as important for the Federal Government, or the States, to regulate the manufacture and the sale of confections as to regulate the manufacture and the sale of intoxicating liquors.
In cases of Colds: OMIT EAT Confections Coarse cereals (very little) Desserts Fresh vegetables Fatty foods Fruit (See p.
Confections are usually eaten without regard to appetite, or the physical need of food.
The venison pasties of Margaret's make disappeared with a truly marvellous rapidity, while Dorothy's confections had a very short lease of life, and fared no better, either because they were nice or that Dorothy was the maker of them.
He never failed to tell any guests that might be present when a dish of the home made confections were being passed that "Betsey made these" and his pride and pleasure were doubly increased when they invariably exclaimed, "Impossible!
Hot bouillon, various meats, salads, cakes, ices, fruits and confections are an ideal menu.
Refreshments should consist of delicate sandwiches, assorted cakes and wafers, salted almonds, confections and tea.
The shelves, which earlier in the day were filled with bread, cakes, and confections of all kinds, were now almost bereft of their store, and the whole aspect of the place was disorderly and confused.
All right, neighbours, since you insist, I'll put some seventeen or twenty-four of my Paris confections in your empty cupboards.
The others were of a like mind, and soon they were feasting on the rich and delicate confectionsthat the modern tea room delights to provide.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "confections" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
