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Meanings of little nourishment in English

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Usage of little nourishment in English
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It was grateful to a thirsty, fevered palate, but afforded little nourishment.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
2
She slept nearly forty-eight hours, awakening only to take a little nourishment.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
3
She took very little nourishment and sometimes had no bowel-movement for sixteen days.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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The fire mounts the hill, but happily, finding little nourishment, is speedily extinguished.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
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She prevailed with him to return to the house, and receive a little nourishment.
Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre
6
Now I want you to take a little nourishment and go to sleep again.
The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
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So tender is it, however, that it affords but little nourishment to our horses.
What I Saw in California / A Description of Its Soil, Climate, P...
8
Did they halt in order to take a little nourishment by implanting their proboscis?
Social Life in the Insect World
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She was greatly exhausted; her stomach, which was very acid, would retain very little nourishment.
Personal Experience of a Physician
10
Then make the fire immediately, Hassan; the sooner the sheik has a little nourishment, the better.
At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt
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Some cooks use meat that has once been cooked; this renders little nourishment and destroys the flavor.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
12
Always talk best after a little nourishment.
Tono-Bungay
13
I notice they all are able to take a little nourishment next day all right, all right.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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He has taken a little nourishment, too.
The Rover Boys in New York; Or, Saving Their Father's Honor
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This propensity is pretty frequent among peace-lovers, who, needing little nourishment, have no cause to fear competition.
Bramble-Bees and Others
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The soil is sandy, and affords but little nourishment to the stunted trees with which it is furnished.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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United States of America
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