I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it... Histoire de la littérature anglaise - Page 255de Hippolyte Taine - 1863Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust. I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pages
...is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust. I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 314 pages
...doubt that it will equally serve in % filcascc, or a ragoust. I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand maybe reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males ; which is more than we allow to... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 506 pages
...roasted, baked, or boiled} and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration,...twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine; and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 334 pages
...is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally...twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine j and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 508 pages
...equally sense in a frieassee, or a ragout. • . I do therefore humbly offer it to public considerations that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already...twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males ; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine ; and... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 610 pages
...is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally...twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males ; which is more than we allow to sheep, black-cattle, or swine; and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 376 pages
...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee or ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration,...twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one fourth part to be males, which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle, or swine ; and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 540 pages
...is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee: or a ragout. i I ,do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.' Fie goes gravel}' into calculations on the subject : at я year old, fin infant would weigh about twenty-eight... | |
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