| 1. | Give it a little gruel if it is.. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Hannah says you have had nothing but some gruel since breakfast.. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 3. | Hannah had brought me some gruel and dry toast, about, as I supposed, the dinner-hour. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 4. | The relief was inseparable from the workhouse and the gruel and that frightened people. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | But you've caught cold I saw you shivering, and you must have some gruel to drive it out.. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 6. | I'm annoyed how I should dream of chattering on at such a rate and your gruel cold, and you nodding for be. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 7. | The gruel disappeared the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver while his next neighbors nudged him. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 8. | "There's the saucepan that the gruel was in" cried Scrooge, starting off again, and going round the fireplace. - from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
| 9. | Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don't cry into your gruel that's a very foolish action, Oliver.. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |