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" Thus this custom of firing houses continued, till, in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery, that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burnt as they called it) without the... "
The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series - Page 159
by Charles Lamb - 1845
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal,...necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it." Or, for another vein, take the account of the mendacious traveller he affects to remember as a fellow-passenger...
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The essays of Elia. [Followed by] The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...sage .arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of sypjj-fljtber animal, might be cooked (burnt, as they called it)...without the necessity of consuming a whole house to drgjss it. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string or spit came iu a century...
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Works: Including His Most Intesesting Letters

Charles Lamb - 1867 - 684 pages
...Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of sirine, or indeed of any other *»i"»*l t might fc* cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole boose K> dress it. Then first began the rode form of a gridiron. Boasting by the string or spA came...
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The Book of Elegant Extracts

Book - 1868 - 168 pages
...continued, till, in process of time, says the manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (burned, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...of any other animal, might te cooked (burnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming : whole house to dress it. Then first began the rude...string, or spit, came in a century or two later, I for j".t in whose dynasty. By such slow degiees, conclud-is the manuicript, do the moiit useful, and...
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Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homoeopathy

American Institute of Homeopathy - 1869 - 608 pages
...nothing but fires were seen in every direction, until at length a sage arose who made the discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked without the necessity of consuming a whole house. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Roasting...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1869 - 852 pages
...continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery, that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked (Jiurnt, as they called it) without the necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first...
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Murby's Excelsior readers, ed. by F. Young

Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...continued, till, in process of time, says the manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal,...consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first began the rnde form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string, or spit, came in a century or two later — I forget...
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Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homoeopathy

American Institute of Homeopathy - 1870 - 742 pages
...without the necessity of consuming a whole house. Then first began the rude form of a gridiron. Boasting by the string or spit came in a century or two later. By such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the most useful, and seemingly the most obvious,...
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The national reading books, adapted to the government code ..., Volume 5

National reading books - 1871 - 232 pages
...continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal,...necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. POETICAL SECTION. ELLEN KORE. WEET Ellen More," said I, " como forth Beneath the sunny sky ; Why stand...
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