 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
...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...seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boi.,ed on the fourth day, especially in winter. The mask of complete indifference to the distinction... | |
 | Simon Marginson - 1993 - 308 pages
...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...as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. Whereas the maintenance of an hundred thousand children, from two years old, and upwards, cannot be... | |
 | Dustin H. Griffin - 1994 - 260 pages
...Swift's great eating satire, A Modest Proposal? Think of the lip-smacking delight in culinary details: "the fore or hind Quarter will make a reasonable Dish;...Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day." Think of the way Swift metaphorically displays his dish early: "a young healthy Child, well nursed,... | |
 | Linda Bannister, Ellen Davis Conner, Robert Liftig, Luann Reed-Siegel - 1994 - 270 pages
...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...Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for 45 Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will make a reasonable Dish;... | |
 | Caroline Postelle Clotfelter - 1996 - 356 pages
...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...a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled. . . . I have reckoned, upon a medium, that a child just born will weigh twelve pounds, and in a solar... | |
 | Research & Education Association Editors - 2013 - 220 pages
...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...child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for 45 Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will make a reasonable Dish;... | |
 | Research & Education Association Editors - 2013 - 220 pages
...render them plump, and fat for a good Table. A child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for 45 Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore...reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper and Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in the Winter. I HAVE reckoned upon... | |
 | Linda Bannister, Ellen Davis Conner, Robert Liftig - 2003 - 276 pages
...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...Quarter will make a reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a litrle Pepper or Salr, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter. I HAVE reckoned... | |
 | Gloria Levine, Princeton Review (Firm) - 2003 - 271 pages
...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...entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, therefore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will... | |
 | Christopher Fox - 2003 - 306 pages
...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, as to render them plump, and fat for a good Table. A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment... | |
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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 reasonable dish... 
