 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...  A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ... - Side 366af William Minto - 1881 - 548 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 516 sider
...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...therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 880 sider
...with the tread and gayety of an ogre.* "1 have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and 1 make no doubt it will equalty serve in a ragout." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 sider
...for making them beneficial to the public (1729). I have been assured by a very knowing American . . . that a young healthy child, well nursed, is at a year...and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in fricasse or ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 sider
...them beneficial to the public. The scheme is, that the children should be sold and eaten as food ! 'I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a yonng healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 516 sider
...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 - 1883 - 736 sider
...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 - 1884 - 334 sider
...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...therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the 120,000 children already computed, 20,000 may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 sider
...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...therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the 1 20,000 children already computed, 20,000 may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 sider
...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 - 1885 - 416 sider
...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... | |
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