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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... "
Essays of Elia - Page 226
by Charles Lamb - 1888 - 279 pages
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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 Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

English literature - 1835 - 432 pages
...thou canst not certainly tell whether they are feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. 56 57 ate their meat raw, clawing or biting it from the...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
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, 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...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend Mwas obliging enough to read and explain to me, for the...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 Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pages
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON BOAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...where he designates a kind of golden age by the term of Cho-fang, literally the Cooks' Holiday. The manuscript goes on to say, that the art of roasting,...
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Cruikshank at Home: A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment, Volumes 1-2

Robert Cruikshank - English wit and humor - 1845 - 716 pages
...!" [DOMINIE'S LEGACY.] ,, .; '.. ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...biting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abys sinia to this day. This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius in the second...
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Cruikshank at Home: A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment, Volumes 1-2

Robert Cruikshank - English wit and humor - 1845 - 662 pages
...residence !" [DOMINIE'S LEGACY.] ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...biting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abys sinia to this day. This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucius in the second...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed His Letters, and ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1850 - 490 pages
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw, clawing orbiting it from the living animal, just as they do in Abyssinia to this day. This period is not obscurely...
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Works, with a Sketch of His Life and Final Memorials, Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucms, in the second chapter of his Mundane Mutations, where he designates a kind of golden age...
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The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...feigned or not. A DISSERTATION UPON ROAST PIG. MANKIND, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for...This period is not obscurely hinted at by their great Confucms, in the second chapter of his Mundane Mutations, where he designates a kind of golden age...
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