And with these grave thoughts for grace let us sit down to
dinner.
Quest of the Golden Girl
He sat opposite Bernard Higginbotham at a heavy Sunday
dinner over Higginbotham's Cash Store, and it was all he could do to restrain himself from shouting out:-
Martin Eden
Flask was the last person down at the
dinner, and Flask is the first man up.
Moby Dick I LXVII
The Psychologist was the only person besides the Doctor and myself who had attended the previous
dinner. The other men were Blank, the Editor aforementioned, a certain journalist, and another--a quiet, shy man with a beard--whom I didn't know, and who, as far as my observation went, never opened his mouth all the evening.
Time Machine
"Shall we have
dinner at once, George?" she said to her husband.
The Two Destinies
"Mother says
dinner's ready and waiting and I'm to bring it in as soon as you sit down."
Of Human Bondage
Everyone rose, feeling that
dinner was more important than verses, and Bagration, again preceding all the rest, went in to
dinner.
War and Peace
"I will not apologise for the
dinner," said the Stork:
Fables
After our
dinner, which I will try to make as pleasant as possible, I will bid you good-evening, or attend you safely to your door, whichever you prefer."
The Four Million
Every moment was of importance, if I was to get to Fanny at the inn and be back before
dinner.
The Woman in White
"But, do you know, I have a notion to go down to the beach and take a good wash and even a little swim, before
dinner?"
Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Jones now returned in order to dress himself, while his
dinner was preparing, and was, according to his orders, attended by the barber.
The History of Tom Jones a Foundling
Stepan Arkadyevitch liked dining, but still better he liked to give a
dinner, small, but very choice, both as regards the food and drink and as regards the selection of guests.
Anna Karenina
I remember that Madame Mirliflore was unapproachably superior to the other women present, in the perfect beauty of her dress, and in the ample justice which she did to the luxurious
dinner set before us.
Law and the Lady
She had never been sixty miles away from home before; and she had never eaten a Christmas
dinner anywhere save at Green Gables.
Annes House of Dreams