Domestic Economy, and Cookery: For Rich and Poor; Containing an Account of the Best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and Other Foreign Dishes; Preparations of Broths and Milks for Consumption; Receipts for Sea-faring Men, Travellers, and Children's Food : Together with Estimates and Comparisons of Dinners and Dishes ... |
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... four times worse than that of Henry . " To come , however , to facts , let us , as a further test of our prudence and virtue , " view the four longest reigns , which will furnish fair data for our purpose . 8898 Total . £ .4,480,000 ...
... four times worse than that of Henry . " To come , however , to facts , let us , as a further test of our prudence and virtue , " view the four longest reigns , which will furnish fair data for our purpose . 8898 Total . £ .4,480,000 ...
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... four : the former would make 6,750,0007 . the " charge on the nation in 1808 ; and if four were the ratio , itwould have been 12 millions . For the last twenty - six years of George III . , 60 millions therefore were squandered ...
... four : the former would make 6,750,0007 . the " charge on the nation in 1808 ; and if four were the ratio , itwould have been 12 millions . For the last twenty - six years of George III . , 60 millions therefore were squandered ...
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... four principal English , the four flanking the centre French , the next four oriental , & c . & c . Proper intermixtures of meats , poultry , and fish , should be attended to . At high entertainments , a fish course is thought necessary ...
... four principal English , the four flanking the centre French , the next four oriental , & c . & c . Proper intermixtures of meats , poultry , and fish , should be attended to . At high entertainments , a fish course is thought necessary ...
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... four slices down each side of the breast , leaving a little attached to the wing . Take off the leg , and then the wing , and do so by the other . Cut out the slices , * Some strangers arriving at a very hospitable mansion , just as a ...
... four slices down each side of the breast , leaving a little attached to the wing . Take off the leg , and then the wing , and do so by the other . Cut out the slices , * Some strangers arriving at a very hospitable mansion , just as a ...
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... four pounds of food , as it takes three times its weight merely to swell it , and when properly cooked as pillau , is excellent , par- ticularly with salt fish , hard eggs , or bacon . May the prudent housewife keep in her heart the ...
... four pounds of food , as it takes three times its weight merely to swell it , and when properly cooked as pillau , is excellent , par- ticularly with salt fish , hard eggs , or bacon . May the prudent housewife keep in her heart the ...
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Page 12 - When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Page 99 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 21 - Have therefore ever more care that thou be beloved of thy wife, rather than thyself besotted on her ; and thou shalt judge of her love by these two observations: first, if thou perceive she have a care of thy estate, and exercise herself therein ; the other, if she study to please thee, and be sweet unto thee in conversation, without thy instruction; for love needs no teaching nor precept.
Page 99 - Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh ; for the drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 543 - Prepared calves-feet, apples, currants, raisins, and sugar, of each a pound ; beef suet, two pounds; with a rasped nutmeg, a quarter of an ounce of cloves, a quarter of an ounce of cinnamon, lemon zest, and a little salt.
Page 1 - SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIPWRECK, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from 1733 to 1749. as written in his own Diary. Edited by Miss JANE PORTER.
Page 12 - TREATISE ON ROADS; Wherein the Principles on which Roads should be made are explained and illustrated by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts made use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holy-head Road.
Page 12 - Domestic Duties, or Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W.
Page 124 - They have a proverb here that fruit is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.