white liver

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She pitied and consoled Helene, though they were saying in the town that the girl had a white liver and that her breath brought death!

From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor

In every market place, on the market day, papers about the brazen forehead, the viperous tongue, and the white liver of Jack Howe, the French King's buffoon, flew about like flakes in a snow storm.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

There’s no white liver about me, but I say, ‘Let’s wait till we’ve reason to know that the bank’s safe is heavily loaded.’

From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)

Mode.—Take a fine white liver, and lard it the same as a fricandeau; put it into vinegar with an onion cut in slices, parsley, thyme, bay-leaf, and seasoning in the above proportion.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Faith, there wor never good that had the white liver; an' he has it to the backbone.

From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William