parting cup

Example Sentences

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"Well, since you will not be 'of ours,'" said Fran�ois, "let us drink a parting cup, and say good-by, for I hear the bugle sounding the call."

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James

He gave “To the good genius, then!” as a parting cup.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

Next evening, however, both men were merry by the hall fire at Pentegoet over their parting cup.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

If the silver should be in excess and the gold becomes much broken up, ample time should be given for subsidence from the test-tube or flask into the parting cup.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The lateness of the hour warns us that we must be moving, so after a parting cup with our host and his family, we remount our steeds, and turn homewards.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter