 | Plutarch - Greece - 1859 - 636 pages
...prodigious variety of all things ; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars roasting whole, saj-s he, " Surely you have a great number of guests." The...was to be served up just roasted to a turn, and if any thing was but one minute ill-timed, it was spoiled ; " And," said he, " maybe Antony will sup just... | |
 | Plutarch - 1875 - 634 pages
...prodigious variety of all things ; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars roasting whole, says he, u Surely you have a great number of guests." The cook...twelve to sup, but that every dish was to be served up j ust roasted to a turn, and if any thing was but one minute ill-timed, it was spoiled ; " And," said... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1881 - 948 pages
...extravagance of expenditure beyond measure or belief. Philotas, a physician of Amphissa, who was at that lime a student of medicine in Alexandria, used to tell...every dish was to be served up just roasted to a turn, aud if anything was but one minute illtimed, it was spoiled. " And," said he,'" maybe Antony will sup... | |
 | Plutarch - Biography - 1883 - 500 pages
...prodigious variety of all things ; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars roasting whole, he exclaimed, " Surely you have a great number of guests." The cook...laughed at his simplicity, and told him there were not more than twelve to sup, but that every dish was to be served up just roasted to a turn, and if anything... | |
 | Plutarch - Biography - 1885 - 638 pages
...preparations for supper. So he was taken into the kitchen, where he admired the prodigious variety of al l things; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars...was to be served up just roasted to a turn, and if any tiling was but one minute ill-timed, it was spoiled; " And," said he," maybe Antony will sup just... | |
 | Plutarch, John Dryden - Greece - 1895 - 660 pages
...supper. So he was taken into the kitchen, where he admired the prodigious variety of all tilings ; but particularly, seeing eight wild boars roasting...that every dish was to be served up just roasted to u turn, and if any thing was but one minute ill-timed, it was spoiled ; •* And," said he, " inaybe... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...entertained one another daily in turn, with an extravagance of expenditure beyond measure or belief. Philotas, a physician of Amphissa, who was at that...roasted to a turn, and if anything was but one minute ill timed, it was spoiled ; " And," said he, " maybe Antony will sup just now, maybe not this hour,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 560 pages
...entertained one another daily in turn, with an extravagance of expenditure beyond measure or belief. Philotas, a physician of Amphissa, who was at that...roasted to a turn, and if anything was but one minute ill timed, it was spoiled ; " And," said he, " maybe Antony will sup just now, maybe not this hour,... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Rossiter Johnson - Great events by famous historians - 1905 - 452 pages
...cooks, he was invited by him, being a young man, to come and see the sumptuous preparations for dinner. So he was taken into the kitchen, where he admired...simplicity, and told him there were not above twelve to dine, but that every dish was to be served up just roasted to a turn, and if anything was but one minute... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1909 - 430 pages
...entertained one another daily in turn, with an extravagance of expenditure beyond measure or belief. Philotas, a physician of Amphissa, who was at that...was to be served up just roasted to a turn, and if any thing was but one minute ill-timed, it was spoiled; "And," said he, "maybe Antony will sup just... | |
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Alexandria, used to tell my grandfather Lamprias, that, having some acquaintance with one of the royal cooks, he was invited by him, being a young man, to come and see the sumptuous preparations for supper. So he was taken into the kitchen, where he admired... 
