"Cup and saucer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... morning when I got up I found at the foot of my crib six books of natural history full of pictures for little folks, a piano, a box of colors, and two dancing bears, one black and one brown. And when I went down to the dining-room, on my tray was a beautiful cup and saucer, and on the cup, in gold letters, "A Gift." And in my chair was a box with twenty-five things in it from my auntie Lou; and in the afternoon I had a tea party. I wish all little boys and girls had such happy birthdays. To-day ...
— Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... demand, though with very palpable reluctance, the White Linen Nurse came forward to the table, put down the cup and saucer, and began to finger a trifle ...
— The White Linen Nurse • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
... saw the whip. Catching up a plate from the table, he threw it at her head, but she, accustomed to such fights, dodged quickly and the plate was shattered against the wall. A cup and saucer ...
— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal
... poor man's wife was drinking up Her coffee in her coffee-cup; The gun shot cup and saucer through "O dear!" cried she, "what shall I do?" There liv'd close by the cottage there The hare's own child, the little hare; And while she stood upon her toes, The coffee fell and burn'd her nose, "O dear!" she cried, with spoon in hand, "Such fun ...
— CAW! CAW! - The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time • RM
... easily kindled her fire now; filled the tea-kettle at the pump—this was very difficult, but without more borrowing she could not help it—and at last got the kettle on, and had the joy of hearing it begin to sing. The worst came now. For that tea-cup and saucer and plate must be washed before they could be used; and Matilda could not bear to touch them. She thought of taking the unused cup at the back of the shelf; but conscience would not let her. "You know those ought to be washed," said conscience; "and if you do not do it, perhaps nobody else ...
— Opportunities • Susan Warner
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