 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 462 pages
...that of the hundred and twenty thoufand children already computed, twenty thoufand may be referved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males ; which is more than we allow tojheep, black cattle, orfwine; and my reafon is, that thefe children are feldom the fruits of marriage,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 506 pages
...roasted, baked, or boiled} and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 334 pages
...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,...humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 610 pages
...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...humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 376 pages
...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee or ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 540 pages
...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. i I ,do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration, that of the hundred and twenty thousand children... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and ence, h + Fie goes gravel}' into calculations on the subject : at я year old, fin infant would weigh about twenty-eight... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...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...breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males ; which ¡»more than we allow to sheep, black cattle or swine ; and my reason is, that these children are... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...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 ragout. "A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends ; and, when the family dines... | |
 | John Mitchel - 1854 - 384 pages
...I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee or a ragout, I do, therefore, humbly oiTer it to public consideration that of the 120,000 children already computed, 20,000 may be reserved for bread, whereof only one-fourth part to be males. The remaining 100,000 may at a year old be offered... | |
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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... 
