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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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English Authors: A Handbook of English Literature from Chaucer to Living Writers

Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sago 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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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1909 - 444 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,...consuming a whole house to dress it. Then first began the 5 rude form of a gridiron. Roasting by the string, or spit, came in a century or two later, I forget...
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Classics Old and New: A Series of School Readers, Book 5

Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1907 - 284 pages
...houses continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, 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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The Speaker: A Quarterly Magazine of Successful Readings, Volume 8

1913 - 620 pages
...this custom of firing houses continued, till in process of time a sage arose who made the discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other animal,...— I forget in whose dynasty. By such slow degrees do the most useful and seemingly the most obvious arts make their way among mankind. Longing is God's...
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... Select Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1909 - 366 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,...such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the 5 most useful, and seemingly the most obvious arts, make their way among mankind. — Without placing...
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Journeys Through Bookland

Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 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,...a century or two later; I forget in whose dynasty. * * * * Thus do the most useful arts make their way among mankind. Without placing too implicit faith...
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The Howe Readers: A fifth reader

Will David Howe, Myron Thomas Pritchard, Elizabeth Virginia Brown - 1909 - 416 pages
...till in process of time, says the manuscript, a sage arose, who made a discovery that the flesh of any animal might be cooked (burnt, as they called it)...necessity of consuming a whole house to dress it. Let me go where'er I will, I hear a sky-born music still : It is not only in the rose, It is not only...
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Child Classics, Book 5

Georgia Alexander - 1909 - 392 pages
...houses continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, 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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Child Classics: The Fifth Reader

Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1909 - 392 pages
...houses continued, till in process of time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, 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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Selected Essays of Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1910 - 352 pages
...time, says my manuscript, a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery, that the flesh of 15 swine, or indeed of any other animal, might be cooked...came in a century or two later, I forget in whose 20 dynasty. By such slow degrees, concludes the manuscript, do the most useful, and seemingly the most...
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