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 - Página 209editado por - 1853 - 229 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 páginas
...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 - 1873 - 610 páginas
...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 subjeet be* " London, Aprü lOift, 1713. " Lady Maeham's eldest boy is very ill :... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 496 páginas
...to let them suck plentifully in thé last month, so as to render them plump and fat for good tables. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when thé family dines alone, thé fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and aeasoned with a... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...calculations on the subject : at a year old, an infant would weigh about twenty-eight pounds; it would make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dined alone, the fore or hind quarter would make a reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper... | |
| William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 páginas
...to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fut 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." It is recorded that a... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 páginas
...and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled.' He enters gravely into calculation : 'A child will make two dishes at an entertainment...make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little peper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day. ... I buliuve no gentlcman would repine to... | |
| William Minto - 1881 - 596 páginas
...to let them suck plentifully in the Inst month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for...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 Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 páginas
...in 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 lie can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 páginas
...and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled.' He enters gravely into calculation: 'A child will make two dishes at an entertainment...quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned witti a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on Hie fourth day. ... I believe no gentleman... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 páginas
...in 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... | |
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