 That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a...  Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners - עמוד 209נערך על ידי - 1853 - 229 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 דפים
...the last month, so as to render it plump and fat for a good table ! "A child," says his Reverence, " will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that he can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in place... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 דפים
...in the last month, so as to render it plump and fat for a good table! "A child," says his Eeverence, "will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that he can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in place... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 466 דפים
...let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fit for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for...very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter."—No wonder that De Quincey brought this precedent into his Apology. Christopher North had... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 390 דפים
...to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for...reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper and salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter. ... I have already computed... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 דפים
...the last month, so as to render it plump and fat for a good table ! " A child," says his Reverence, " will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that he can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in place... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 392 דפים
...dines alone the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper and salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter. ... I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child — in which list I reckon all cottagers, labourers,... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 582 דפים
...them plump and fat tor a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment tbi fiiends ; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind...salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especia'ly in winter. " I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlorus,... | |
 | William Minto - 1892 - 584 דפים
...child will make two dishes at an entertainment foi friends ; and when the family dines alone, the lore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and,...boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter. " I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 דפים
...statistician, or of a projector suggesting the importation of food from abroad. " A child," he continues, " will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish." The expense of fattening a child for the table will not be great, not above two shillings per annum,... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 דפים
...statistician, or of a projector suggesting the importation of food from abroad. "A child," he continues, "will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish." The expense of fattening a child for the table will not be great, not above two shillings per annum,... | |
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