harvest supper

Example Sentences

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“I have left them all very merry at the harvest supper, but I had a mind to see my friends.”

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard

I ne'er sot up so i' MY life, not to say as it warna a marr'in', or a christenin', or a wake, or th' harvest supper.

From Adam Bede by Eliot, George

This was the night which had been selected by Sergeant Troy—ruling now in the room of his wife—for giving the harvest supper and dance.

From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas

And yet it was worth something, too, to be the one to authorize that harvest supper in the big barn, in the confidence that it would be anything but revelry. 

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Oh, I recited it better at the harvest supper; and you have no idea how the farmers enjoyed it.

From A Mere Accident by Moore, George (George Augustus)