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You cannot put a quartern loaf into a child's head; you must break it up, and give him the crumb in warm milk.
DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOODTo think of her father not having the price of an early pint, or a quartern of cool refreshing gin!
THE ENGLISH STAGEAUGUSTIN FILONWe stopped again at The Nightingale, and had half-a-quartern of whisky each.
DAYS AND NIGHTS IN LONDONJ. EWING RITCHIEIf you consume half a bushel a week, that is to say about a quartern loaf a day, this is a saving of 5l.
COTTAGE ECONOMYWILLIAM COBBETTOn my way I called at a small corn-chandler's, and bought a quartern of flour done up in a thin and utterly insufficient bag.
THE UNINHABITED HOUSEMRS. J. H. RIDDELLDuring the abnormally high prices of provisions from 1794-6, the quartern loaf in London in 1795 being 1s.
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH AGRICULTUREW. H. R. CURTLERShe was speedily recalled: "Betty, make it half a quartern loaf, and a quartern of gin."
THE JEST BOOKMARK LEMONUpon the latter was one of those flat bottles known as a “quartern.”
THE SEVEN SECRETSWILLIAM LE QUEUXThe next morning the water will have a froth on it, and be good yeast, and will make as much bread as two quartern loaves.
MRS. HALE'S RECEIPTS FOR THE MILLIONSARAH JOSEPHA HALEShe had had access to some brandy, which she had swallowed from a quartern measure, found near her empty.
THE TRUTH ABOUT OPIUMWILLIAM H. BRERETONWORDS RELATED TO QUARTERN
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