 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 Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular ... - Page 1211by William Hone - 1830Full view - About this book
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...delicious was burnt pig discovered to be that everybody fell to setting his house on fire to obtain it. " Thus this custom of firing houses continued, till in process of time a sage arose, like our Locke, who made a discovery that the flesh of swine, or indeed of any other... | |
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