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" MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abyssinia to this day. This period... "
Selections from His Essays, Letters and Verses - Page 39
by Charles Lamb - 1901 - 154 pages
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1822 - 694 pages
...enough to read and explain to me, for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw, clawing or biting- it from the living animal, just as they do...golden age by the term Cho-fang, literally the Cooks* holyday. The manuscript goes on to say, that the art of roasting, or rather broiling (which I take...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his • Mundane.Mutations,' where he designates a kind of golden age by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the period is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his ' Mundane...by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements ...

William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the period is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his ' Mundane...by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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The Every Day Book, Or, A Guide to the Year: Describing the ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the poriod is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his 'Mundane...where he designates a kind of golden age by the term Cliofang, literally, the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting,"...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the period is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his ' Mundane...by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 432 pages
...whether they are feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. 56 57 ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the living animal, just as they do...of golden age by the term Cho-fang, literally the cook's holyday. The manuscript goes on to say, that the art of roasting, or rather broiling, (which...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...for the first seventy thousand ages 66 57 ate their meat raw, clawing or hiting it from the 1iving animal, just as they do in Abyssinia to this day....where he designates a kind of golden age by the term Clio-fang, literally the cook's holyday. The manuscript goes on to say, that the art of roasting, or...
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The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular ...

William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the period is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his ' Mundane...by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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The every-day book and table-book; or, Everlasting calendar of ..., Volume 1

William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...origin, when flesh was eaten uncooked, and affirms that " the period is not obscurely hinted at by the great Confucius, in the second chapter of his 'Mundane...by the term Chofang, literally the cooks' holiday." He premises " broiling to be the elder brother of roasting," and relates on the authority of the aforesaid...
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