sherris-sack

A good sherris-sack hath a two-fold operation in it.

Act IV. Scene III. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914

Rightly to apprehend the virtues of sherris-sack is the first qualification in an instructor of youth.

Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

Besides these different references to the Grape Vine, some of its various products are mentioned, as Raisins, wine, aquavitæ or brandy, claret (the "thin potations" forsworn by Falstaff), sherris-sack or sherry, and malmsey.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

There be in the buttery now thirty great spice-cakes, and an hundred mince pies, and a mighty bowl of plum-porridge [plum-pudding without the cloth] ready for the boiling, and four barons of beef, and a great sight of carrots and winter greens, and two great cheeses, and a parcel of sugar-candy for the childre, and store of sherris-sack and claret, and _Rhenish_ wine, and muscadel.

Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864

And for dinner was corned beef and carrots, and for drink sherris-sack and muscadel.

Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864

A good sherris-sack hath a two-fold operation in it.

The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772

A cup of tea at the right moment does for the virtuous reveller all that Falstaff claims for a good sherris-sack, or at least the first half of its "twofold operation:" "It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapors which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which delivered over to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit."

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

A cup of tea at the right moment does for the virtuous reveller all that Falstaff claims for a good sherris-sack, or at least the first half of its "twofold operation:" "It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapors which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery and delectable shapes, which delivered over to the voice, the tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit."

Our Hundred Days in Europe Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

"sherris-sack" comforted the heart, and aided digestion; and why the same opinion should not govern us, I must leave to the dieteticians to decide.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 377, June 27, 1829 Various

“good sherris-sack” (that is, sherry wine); and Herrick,

The Lady of the Lake 1810