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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature - Page 56
1835
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Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1894 - 686 pages
...them seethed, or boiled, but what a sacrifice of the exterior .4; tegument! 1i. There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp,...banquet in overcoming the coy, brittle resistance, 150 with the adhesive oleaginous—O, call it not fat! but an indefinable sweetness growing up to it,...
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Masterpieces of British Literature: Ruskin: Macaulay: Brown: Tennyson ...

Horace Elisha Scudder - 1895 - 530 pages
...ancestors ate them seethed, or boiled — but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp,...brittle resistance — with the adhesive oleaginous — O call it not fat! but an indefinable sweetness growing up to it — the tender blossoming of fat...
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Old China: Being One of the Last Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1895 - 360 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner or prcdudium 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 overroasted, crackling,...
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Selections from His Essays, Letters and Verses

Charles Lamb - 1899 - 184 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 fat—...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 21

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner or pradudium of a grunt. There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp,...brittle resistance, with the adhesive oleaginous. O call it not fat ! but an indefinable sweetness growing up to it — the tender blossoming of fat...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 21

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 434 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...boiled ; but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument I There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not overroasted,...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 7

David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 468 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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Cakes & Ale: A Memory of Many Meals, the Whole Interspersed with Various ...

Edward Spencer - 1900 - 310 pages
...something between a childish treble and a grumble — the mild forerunner or praeludium of a grunt. He must be roasted. I am not ignorant that our ancestors...— but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument ! " His sauce should be considered. Decidedly a few breadcrumbs, done up with his liver and brains,...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 13

1901 - 638 pages
...ancestors ate them seethed or boiled, but what a sacrifice of the exterior tegument! There is no flavor comparable, I will contend, to that of the crisp,...brittle resistance, with the adhesive oleaginous. O call it not fat! but an indefinable sweetness growing up to it — the tender blossoming of fat,...
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Selections from His Essays, Letters and Verses

Charles Lamb - 1901 - 184 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...tegument ! There is no flavour comparable, I will con46 tend, to that of the crisp, tawny, well-watched, not over-roasted, crackling, as it is well called....
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