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| -rw-r--r-- | crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/unident.txt | 9 |
3 files changed, 65 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/quotes.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/quotes.txt index 32f481db64..21b3844c6f 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/quotes.txt +++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/database/quotes.txt @@ -78,6 +78,55 @@ brotherhood of remorse not break their chain." #################################################### # Items #################################################### +apple + +"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she +did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with +Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus: +At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were +invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged +at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among +the guests, with the inscription, 'For the fairest.'" + -Bullfinch's Mythology, Chap. XXVII. a. +%%%% +apricot + +"Apricot Ratafia + +This is made two Ways, viz. either by infusing the Apricots cut in +Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then passing it thro' the draining +Bag, and putting in the usual Ingredients; or else the Apricots may be +boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more easily clarify'd adding an +equal Quantity of Brandy, and a quarter of a pound of Sugar to every quart, +with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all +the Ingredients have infused eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be strain'd +again and put into Bottles and so kept." + -Charles Carter, _The Compleat City and Country Cook: + Or, Accomplish'd House-wife_. 1732. +%%%% +bread ration + +"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets +constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek +companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of +the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in +the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those +of greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him +with one kind of bread and his guests with another..." + -Suetonius, _De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius_. 110 CE. +%%%% +choko + +"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on +our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the +Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_. +It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed +covers a wall with its ramifications." + -John Overton Choules, _The Cruise of the Steam Yacht + North Star: A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's + Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Malta, Turkey, + Madeira, Etc_. 1854. +%%%% cloak "O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte? @@ -90,6 +139,11 @@ cloak For I'll have a new cloak about me." -Anonymous, "The Old Cloak". 16th Century. %%%% +club + +"Speak softly and carry a big stick." + -Theodore Roosevelt +%%%% dagger "He drew his dagger, that was sae sharp, @@ -155,6 +209,17 @@ it down so as properly to prevent the air getting to it." -Francis Collingwood, John Woollams, _The Universal Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper._ 1792. %%%% +potion + +"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, -- + A sleeping potion; which so took effect + As I intended, for it wrought on her + The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo + That he should hither come as this dire night, + To help to take her from her borrow'd grave, + Being the time the potion's force should cease." + -William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_ +%%%% rambutan "The rambutan (_nephelium lappaceum_) is a beautiful fruit to which diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt index 5e63a9feb2..ceeb3f4658 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt +++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/items.txt @@ -78,32 +78,10 @@ The skins of several animals. apple A delicious, firm red fruit, tart to the tongue. - -"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she -did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with -Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus: -At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were -invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged -at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among -the guests, with the inscription, 'For the fairest.'" - -Bullfinch's Mythology, Chap. XXVII. a. %%%% apricot A succulent yellow-orange fruit, Prunus armeniaca. - -"Apricot Ratafia - -This is made two Ways, viz. either by infusing the Apricots cut in -Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then passing it thro' the draining -Bag, and putting in the usual Ingredients; or else the Apricots may be -boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more easily clarify'd adding an -equal Quantity of Brandy, and a quarter of a pound of Sugar to every quart, -with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all -the Ingredients have infused eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be strain'd -again and put into Bottles and so kept." - -Charles Carter, _The Compleat City and Country Cook: - Or, Accomplish'd House-wife_. 1732. %%%% arrow @@ -399,15 +377,6 @@ escape by opening the box's lid. bread ration A filling meal of stale, but hearty, bread. - -"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets -constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek -companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of -the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in -the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those of -greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him with -one kind of bread and his guests with another..." - -Suetonius, _De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius_. 110 CE. %%%% broad axe @@ -436,16 +405,6 @@ A lump of cheese. choko An almost tasteless green vegetable, which grows on a vine. - -"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on -our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the -Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_. -It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed -covers a wall with its ramifications." - -John Overton Choules, _The Cruise of the Steam Yacht - North Star: A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's - Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Malta, Turkey, - Madeira, Etc_. 1854. %%%% chunk of flesh @@ -462,9 +421,6 @@ A heavy piece of wood. club A heavy piece of wood. - -"Speak softly and carry a big stick." - -Theodore Roosevelt %%%% corpse diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/unident.txt b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/unident.txt index b999205d39..7d55e741d7 100644 --- a/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/unident.txt +++ b/crawl-ref/source/dat/descript/unident.txt @@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ A lump of rock. potion A small bottle of liquid. - -"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, -- - A sleeping potion; which so took effect - As I intended, for it wrought on her - The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo - That he should hither come as this dire night, - To help to take her from her borrow'd grave, - Being the time the potion's force should cease." - -William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_ %%%% ring |