It contained a few lumps of sugar, over which a mixture of whiskey and glycerine had been poured.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
It is a singularly erratic compound of nitro-glycerine, which requires to be fired by a powerful detonator, and, if merely ignited, burns harmlessly.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
We have met with several instances in which a tablespoonful of carbolized glycerine, in equal parts, has been swallowed without any ill effect, either caustic or toxic, whereas the same dose dissolved in water would have been fatal.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc