So the Lady Zubaydah sent for the Kazi and witnesses who wrote our marriage contract, after which the women made ready sweetmeats and rich viands and distributed them among all the Odahs[FN#567] of the Harim.
So he ate and fell down senseless, for thesweetmeats were drugged with Bhang, whereupon the Kazi bundled him into the sack and made off with him, charger and chest and all, to the barrack of the Forty.
So he went up to him and setting down his sack laid the tray of sweetmeats upon it and asked, "What dost thou want?
Our boat returned, and brought as presents a Roove of Fine Sugar and a Pot of Sweetmeats from the Master, who spoke a little English, and had formerly sailed with 'em.
Not far from this trench were the iron ovens, where the sweetmeats were cooked.
But however much they seemed to enjoy these stories and social interchanges, they never lost sight of the trench or the spot where the sweetmeats were to be cooked.
At last we were presented with different kinds of koumis and sweetmeatson large silver trays.
The officer who had ushered us into the palace, after having treated us to iced water, sweetmeats and pipes, took my husband by the hand, and led him out of the room with very significant celerity.
She saw the seller of sweetmeats go by calling--calling.
As it is, there's talk that we're scattering poisoned sweetmeats to spread the disease.
Bets are freely offered and accepted either in sweetmeats or money; and the crowd, condensing, move to and fro in a huge wave, from which their eager voices arise like the continuous roaring of the sea.
Many a poor little fellow bets sweetmeats upon his kite to the extent of his only anna in the world; and many a rich baboo has more rupees at stake than he can conveniently spare.
She sent him back without delay to the larder, and he carried off all the preserves and sweetmeats that had been prepared for the King.
Young girls robed in white muslin were supposed to be angels, and hovered near the child and its mother to supply to him sweetmeats and other refreshments.
Sweetmeats in great variety filled the windows, and especially what were called pralines--an almond comfit covered with rough sugar, and of a peculiar flavour.
After the sweetmeats wuz partook of we had dried melon seeds, the host handin' 'em round by the handful.
Her sweetmeats are not always bright, and the maid sometimes forgets the just proportion of salt and pepper, when venison is to be baked.
Wines, fruits, and sweetmeats were on a large table in the centre, near which Oriel Porphyry and the speaker stood.
Opposite to him sat Oriel Porphyry and Zabra, in their usual dresses, also eating sweetmeats from similar saucers.
It can be made artificially by the chemist, and used for imparting the flavour of apples tosweetmeats and confectionery.
First came little dishes of sweetmeats and then bowls of bird's-nest soup, with the jelly-like substance floating about in it in company with little pieces of chicken.
She marked him beguiled by vanity, and put sweetmeats to his mouth, exclaiming, 'Thy manners be those of a prince!
They smoke and eat sweetmeats from morning till night, and occasionally an old woman comes and tells them stories.
There, I am sure, we should be sitting on very precious carpets, and eating sweetmeats with golden spoons, while some fair young Circassian slave sang wild melodies and played upon a rare old inlaid lute.
It is customary amongst the Siamese to send home after the visitors the sweetmeats which had been brought forward during the visit, as it is also to place on the floor before them the presents they had made.
Sweetmeats were now introduced, and after the lapse of an hour or so, they parted.
After some time, boxes containing betel and tobacco sprouts were offered; and afterwards sweetmeats in profusion were introduced.
Tea was served out to us in small cups; a large table was also spread for our followers, who were supplied with sweetmeats in profusion.
Napkins, of the workmanship of one sister, were laid beside the plates; and on the table were fruits gathered by another, sweetmeats made by a third, and chocolate prepared by the careful hands of a fourth.
Sister Celestine had invented a new kind of comfit which she begged Euphrosyne to try, leaving a paper of sweetmeats on her table for that purpose.
When a Hindu wants a real treat, he eats as manysweetmeats as he can.
I dreamed that I was sitting beside a clear stream, with many dishes of sweetmeats beside me, and I was just beginning to eat them when thou didst wake me.
On our entering, we were each presented with a pair of chop sticks, and a large tray was placed before us, filled with sweetmeats of every description.
So take this plate of sweetmeats and bear it to her in the women's house.
Samson took up the sweetmeats silently, and bore them to the princess, who was busy embroidering with her maids.
But then he told of the Christmas Eve, when he had been hung with sweetmeatsand candles.
There were sweetmeats in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold.
Meanwhile the seven Queens lived luxuriously in a splendid palace, attended by hundreds of female slaves, and fed to their hearts' content on sweetmeats and confectionery.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sweetmeats" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
