 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 - Страница 148написао/ла Hippolyte Taine - 1874Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 страница
...nursery with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.1 ' I have been assured,' says he in the Modest Proposal, ' by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...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... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 500 страница
...very knowmg American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, ata year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome...it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children... | |
 | 1868 - 850 страница
...squeamish tastes of the present day. His humour is too highly flavoured when he dilates upon the fact that " a young healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and healthy food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled;" when' he proves that " the carcass of a good... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страница
...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страница
...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 страница
...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragofit." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 страница
...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a rago&t" And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 страница
...changed from a public grievance into a source of pecuniary benefit. " I have been assured," says he, " 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,... | |
 | 1870 - 976 страница
...children. * Prescott's History of Ferdinand and Isabella, vol. ip 274. " I have been assured," says he, "by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in...whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled ; and I make HO doubt it will serve equally well in a ragout." The grim humour of the Dean may find a partial excuse... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 страница
...therefore, humbly propose my own thoughts, which 1 hope will not be liable to the least objection. ' 4 When we know Swift, such a beginning frightens us...ragout. 1 Gulliver's Travels, Part 4, ch. 7, p. 337. * Ibid. Part 2, ch. 6, p. 172. * A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of the poor people in... | |
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