peach-brandy

He does not reserve from the reader's knowledge such of his exploits as stealing the chaplain's whiskey, and drinking the peach-brandy of the simple old woman who supposed she was offering it to General Lee.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

"And, oh," Julia looked back to say as she remembered it, "don't forget that last lot of peach-brandy we made, it was not properly tied down; you ought to look at the covers some time this week."

The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

They refused, and finding them quite obdurate she toddled into the little room where Julia had been doing the shrimps, to come back again, bearing a large bladder-covered bottle of peach-brandy.

The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

She spoke decidedly, and turned about quickly; as she did so, she caught sight of the bottle of peach-brandy in the grass.

The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

He was a Virginian, he declared; and, to prove the statement, he referred all the festively inclined young men of Hillsborough to a barrel of peach-brandy in one of his covered wagons.

Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

Major Frampton might or might not have been born in the Old Dominion -- that was a matter for consideration and inquiry -- but there could be no question as to the mellow pungency of the peach-brandy.

Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

He looked on the young men who had shown their readiness to test his peach-brandy, as overgrown country boys who needed to be introduced to some of the arts and sciences he had at his command.

Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

Also she took tinder, a bottle of peach-brandy, a blanket, mealies in a small bag, wherewith to bait the horses in case of need, and some other things which she thought might be necessary.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

At the last moment, indeed, Jan, whose head was still buzzing with the peach-brandy, insisted upon giving Ralph the great

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Hollands and the peach-brandy had got the better of his reason and his manners.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890