"Electuary" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I took the electuary," answered the patient; "it neighboured ill with the two spoonfuls ...
— The Abbot • Sir Walter Scott
... something for shame he behoved to add of the punishing of sin (yet he will not have the minister called from his study to be troubled or to take any pains in discipline), but behold the love of the magistrate; more honour and more maintenance, are strong ingredients in the Erastian electuary. ...
— The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) • George Gillespie
... the devices resorted to in order to keep the man-o'-war's-man healthy and fit. As early as 1602 a magic electuary, invented by one "Doctor Cogbourne, famous for fluxes," was by direction of the Navy Commissioners supplied for his use in the West Indies. [Footnote: Admiralty Records 1. 1464—Capt. Barker, 14 Oct. 1702.] By Admiral ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson |
