 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...  History of English Literature - Page 147by Hippolyte Taine - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1883 - 516 pages
...erejök. És így mind maguk, mind az ország szerencsésen megszabadulnak a jövendő bajoktól.» 74 '4 I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, Ihat a young healthy ehild, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wbolesome... | |
 | Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 736 pages
...Carlyle who boldly laid bare some of the most unwelcome and startling facts of the " condition of Engor boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasse or a ragout I do therefore humbly offer It to public consideration, that of the hundred and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 pages
...now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured by a very knowing American of...it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the 1 20,000 children already computed,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 334 pages
...now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured by a very knowing American of...it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the 120,000 children already computed,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 pages
...with the tread and gayety of an ogre.* " I have been assured,'' says he in the " Modest Proposal," "by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in...stewed, roasted, baked or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a mgofit." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 416 pages
...an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing Araeiican of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragout." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...*I have been assured by n very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young hculthy enrichment, that the Essays belong most to literature....few are more generally read. 'These, of all my wo He enters gravely into calculation: 'A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1885 - 572 pages
...with the tread and gaiety of anjogre.*) "I have been assured ", says he in the " Modest Proposal ", " 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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - English prose literature - 1886 - 402 pages
...now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. I have been assured by a very knowing American of...it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the 120,000 children already computed,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...with the tread and gayety of an ogre.* "I have been assured," says he in the '•Modest Proposal," "by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragout." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with... | |
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