Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan SwiftH. Holt, 1901 - 229 oldal |
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xxxv. oldal - 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 will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
138. oldal - mother 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 quarter will make a
137. oldal - 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 will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
141. oldal - that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. And as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition: they
135. oldal - wealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. «/ But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars ; it is of a much greater extent, and shall take
211. oldal - The famous apostrophe to the Thames in Cooper's Hill, " O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear,
125. oldal - I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you; and to let you see, that by the laws of God, of nature, of nations, and of your country, you are, and ought to be, as free a people as your brethren in
138. oldal - reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter. I have reckoned, upon a medium, that a child just born will weigh twelve pounds, and in a solar
5. oldal - by the stars; and the stars are invested by the primum mobile. Look on this globe of earth, you will find it to be a very complete and fashionable dress. What is that which some call land, but a fine coat faced with green? or the sea, but a
138. oldal - not much regarded by our savages, therefore one male will be sufficient for four females. 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