"Conger" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... drowned, Mr. Layard, and lying at the bottom of the North Sea among the dogfish and conger-eels this morning instead ...
— Stella Fregelius • H. Rider Haggard
... conger; the agreement of a set or knot of booksellers of London, that whosoever of them shall buy a good copy, the rest shall take off such a particular number, in quires, at a stated price; also booksellers joining to buy either a considerable or ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al.
... Kitty. Dr. Mylechreest says so. 'If the girl had been lying out another hour,' says he——And, my goodness, the fond of you that man is; it's wonderful! Twisting and turning all day yesterday on the bottom step yonder same as a live conger on the quay, but looking as soft about the eyes as if he'd been a week out of the water. And now! my sakes, now! D'ye hear him, Kirry? He's fit to burst the bellows. No use, though—he's a shocking fine young fellow—he's all that.... But ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... soberly suggested to Lady Elspeth that she should go conger-eeling with him that day. And the shrewd brown eyes looked into his, and twinkled in response to the deep blue and the brown ones opposite, and she said, "I mind I was just a wee bit feather-headed myself for a while after I was married. I caught congers before you were short-coated, ...
— Pearl of Pearl Island • John Oxenham |
