...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. . . . A child will make two dishes at an entertainment...when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter [120 will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt wijl be very good boiled...

...dishes at an entertainment for friends ; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter [120 a 23 2 233 good boiled on the fourth day, especially in •winter. I have reckoned upon a medium that...

...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...friends, and when the family dines alone the fore or hind quarters will make a reasonable dish ; and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good...

...country, and for making them beneficial to the public,' in which, gentlemen, as you know, he argued that 'a child will make two dishes at an entertainment...good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.' " This address seemed to be received with considerable appreciation. The staring faces, blank at first,...

...as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an ertertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the...quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned i This is probably a Swiftian plausibility to give an air of truth to his remarks. Certain parts of...

...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...good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter. [II] I have reckoned upon a Medium, that a Child just born will weigh Twelve Pounds; and in a solar...

...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...seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boi.,ed on the fourth day, especially in winter. The mask of complete indifference to the distinction...

...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...be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially 85 in winter. 11 I have reckoned, upon a medium, that a child just born will weigh twelve pounds, and...

...to many who shared his concern for Ireland's misery. Imagine how this went down in polite society: "A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment...good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter." Now that's considered Literature. It's called "Swiftian." Back in 1729 it probably seemed, to a lot...

...Swift's great eating satire, A Modest Proposal? Think of the lip-smacking delight in culinary details: "the fore or hind Quarter will make a reasonable Dish;...Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day." Think of the way Swift metaphorically displays his dish early: "a young healthy Child, well nursed,...