Merrihew was happy with that evanescent happiness which goes hand in glove with late suppers and magnums.   anvd [Please select]

There were six magnums o' dry champagne an' maybe a bottle o' whisky.'   anvd [Please select]

Here Merrihew saw a tavern such as he had often conjured up while reading his Dumas; sausages and hams and bacons and garlic and cheeses and dried vegetables hanging from the ceiling, abrupt passages, rough tables and common chairs and strange dishes; oil, oil, oil, even on the top of his coffee-cup, and magnums of red and white Chianti.   anvd [Please select]