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  • But it served partly to intimate the character of the man, that, although desirous to show attention to the Marquis of Montserrat, whom he had courteously placed at his right hand, he gave much more of his attention to his spruch-sprecher, that is, his man of conversation, or sayer of sayings, who stood behind the Duke's right shoulder.

    The Talisman 1894

  • I gotta say, as a Deutsch-sprecher myself, that giant "Taschenrechner" made me laugh pretty hard.

    Look Out, Germany 2010

  • Flavor: very faint caramel flavor, somewhat roasted and earthy, almost nutmeg; an off metallic flavor that may be the hops trying to assert themselves; flavors are very muted, almost like they were afraid of making it too sweet; the anti-sprecher

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • I recently bought some IBC as my old favorite and found myself wishing it were sprecher.

    Root Beer Taste Test Fer 2007

  • Flavor: very faint caramel flavor, somewhat roasted and earthy, almost nutmeg; an off metallic flavor that may be the hops trying to assert themselves; flavors are very muted, almost like they were afraid of making it too sweet; the anti-sprecher

    Oktoberfest #3 - Day 2 Sample A (New Glarus) 2007

  • Two were silenced with difficulty by the spruch-sprecher, who seemed to act as master of the revels, and a hearing was at length procured for the poet preferred, who sung, in high

    The Talisman 1894

  • ` ` Ha, hem, '' said the _spruch-sprecher_; ` ` he next said to them, that Richard was not more valorous than others, or over dexterous in the tilt-yard. ''

    The Talisman 1894

  • Jonas Schwanker to his companion, the spruch-sprecher, who had used the freedom to press nigh to his master when the council was dismissed, while the jester waited at a more respectful distance.

    The Talisman 1894

  • ` ` Servant of Folly, '' said the spruch-sprecher, ` ` moderate thy curiosity --- it beseems not that I should tell to thee the counsels of our master. ''

    The Talisman 1894

  • ` ` Philip, '' said the jester, ` ` or our own Royal Duke, should either accept the challenge --- But oh, most sage spruch-sprecher, what excellent kings would thou and I have made, since those on whose heads these crowns have fallen, can play the proverb-monger and the fool as completely as ourselves! ''

    The Talisman 1894

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