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Blarg, cuttlefish Numenor bojangles, mobil bovril valvoline, eggo-waffle melenkurion citicorp!— Whiskey Fire
The restaurant, where tea or bovril could be had, was also a luxury for those who were apt to turn shivery after coming from the water I can understand why the Romans were so enthusiastic about their public baths," said Audrey Redfern.— The Luckiest Girl in the School
Close by a kitchen was made, and a cook kept constantly employed keeping a supply of hot water, bovril, milk and biscuits ready for the men when they came in wounded, for they had to be fed as well as medically attended to INCIDENTS AND YARNS One never ceased admiring our men, and their cheeriness under these circumstances and their droll remarks caused us many a laugh.— Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force
We did not eat any; we thought we were running enough risks already; but the cooks used the thyme to flavour the bovril, and it was a nice addition Not far from us something happened that was for all the world like an incident described by Zola in his "Dčbacle," when during the bombardment before Sedan a man went on ploughing in a valley with a white horse, while an artillery duel continued over his head.— Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force
Bring with you four bottles of bovril, couple of pounds meat lozenges, half-dozen tins sardines, bottle of brandy--yes, and soda, as you say; couple of pounds chocolate, two tins coffee and milk.... No: I say, hold on Also orographical maps--maps ... o-ro-graph-i-cal maps ... of Asia Minor, Southern Asia including India, Straits Settlements, Polynesia.... I don't know: Stanford's will be shut, but I must have 'em.... That's up to you.— Round the World in Seven Days

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