| 1. | "It was that chalice he broke.... - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 2. | A chalice for the nonce whereon but sipping. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | He slid his chalice brisk away, grasped his change. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 4. | These noises converged in a single sensation of life for me I imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 5. | The priest was rinsing out the chalice then he tossed off the dregs smartly. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 6. | FATHER MALACHI O'FLYNN _Takes from the chalice and elevates a blooddripping host Corpus meum.. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 7. | I too listened but there was no sound in the house and I knew that the old priest was lying still in his coffin as we had seen him, solemn and truculent in death, an idle chalice on his breast. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |
| 8. | Tossed to fat lips his chalice, drank off his chalice tiny, sucking the last fat violet syrupy drops. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 9. | From this realm Excluded, chalice no entrance here may find, No more shall hunger, thirst, or sorrow can. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |
| 10. | Commend the murderous chalices Bestow them, ye who are now made parties to this indissoluble league. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |