Careful Words

sugar (n.)

sugar (v.)

With devotion's visage

And pious action we do sugar o'er

The devil himself.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see

Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Retaliation. Line 11.