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" He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors ate them seethed or boiled, but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument ! There is no flavour comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted crackling... "
The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature - Page 56
1835
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Essays of Elia, and Eliana. With a memoir by Barry Cornwall, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble— the mild forerunner or friflmiium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well- watched, not overroasted, crackling, as it is well called — the very teeth are invited to their...
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Home Comforts: Or, Things Worth Knowing in Every Household : Being a Digest ...

Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1879 - 374 pages
...suckling of a pig roasted. It must be roasted, not seethed or boiled. He says : " There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp,...very teeth are invited to their share of the pleasure of this banquet in overcoming the coy, brittle resistance, with the adhesive oleaginous — oh, call...
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The Essays of Elia: First series

Charles Lamb - 1879 - 248 pages
...between a childish treble and a grumble— the mild forerunner, or prceludium of a grunt. He must J« roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors ate...a sacrifice of the exterior tegument! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling,...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble, the mild forerunner, or prceludium, of a grunt. 10. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...seethed, or boiled, but what a sacrifice of the exterior 145 tegument ! 1 1. There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched,...
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Household Friends for Every Season ...

James Thomas Fields - 1881 - 412 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prceludium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...a sacrifice of the exterior tegument ! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling,...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prcehidium of a grunt lie must be roasted. 1 I There is no flavour comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted,...
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Moxon's Standard readings and recitations, ed. by T. Hood

Edward Moxon (and co.) - 1882 - 576 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner or praludium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...brittle resistance — with the adhesive oleaginous — O call it not fat ; but an indefinable sweetness growing up to it — the tender blossoming of...
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Life, Letters, and Writings, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner or prtzludium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...brittle resistance — with the adhesive oleaginous — O call it not fat ! but — an indefinable sweetness growing up to it — the tender blossoming...
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Essays of Elia: Y Charles Lamb; Illustrated by R. Swain Gifford, James D ...

Charles Lamb - 1884 - 546 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prazludiutn of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...a sacrifice of the exterior tegument ! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling,...
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Favorite Authors in Prose and Poetry

James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner, or prceludium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...a sacrifice of the exterior tegument! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling,...
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