In another room he saw on a table a sword and a loaf of bread, which he also took.
Some time after, three grand embassies came to the old king's court, with rich gifts of gold and precious stones for his youngest son; now all these were sent from the three kings to whom he had lent his sword and loaf of bread, in order to rid them of their enemy and feed their people.
She was most economical, and when she ate she would gather up crumbs with the tip of her finger, so that nothing should be wasted of the
loaf of bread weighing twelve pounds which was baked especially for her and lasted three weeks.
Before starting their mother gave them each a
loaf of bread and her blessing, and having taken a tender farewell of her and their father the three set forth on their travels.
"I know a house near by," said Arthur a Bland, "and, had I but the money, I would bring ye that ye speak of; to wit, a sweet
loaf of bread, a fair cheese, and a skin of brown ale."
The lacquey laughed, unsheathed his gourd, unwalletted his scraps, and taking out a small
loaf of bread he and Sancho seated themselves on the green grass, and in peace and good fellowship finished off the contents of the alforjas down to the bottom, so resolutely that they licked the wrapper of the letters, merely because it smelt of cheese.
A bottle of milk was left for her every day and she brought in her own
loaf of bread; she ate half the loaf and drank half the milk at mid-day when she came back from the school, and consumed the rest in the evening.
As Caesar had his Brutus, every bed of charity must have its toll of a bath, every
loaf of bread its compensation of a private and personal inquisition.
He found that the Magician had given him part of a
loaf of bread and a slice of cheese.
He had just, for the sixth time, won through to 'Iyam-ah waiting for-er theeee-yass-thorre,' and was doing some intricate three-chord work preparatory to starting over again, when a
loaf of bread whizzed past his ear.
I learned that for six months he had lived on a
loaf of bread and a bottle of milk a day.
Delicate Cousin Annetta standing at the dresser, with a big
loaf of bread beside her and a big platterful of cold, boiled pork in front of her; and Annetta was hacking off great chunks, like Dan there, and gobbling them down as if she was starving.
loaf of bread - a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating