| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I myfclf thought good to imitate the Italian fafhion by this forked cutting of méate, not only while I was in Italy, but alfo in Germany, and often times in England fince I came home : being once quipped for that frequently... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1817 - 552 pages
...have his dish toucned with fingers, seing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I my selfe thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also an Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home:... | |
| Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike tleane. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England, since I came... | |
| David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 692 pages
...any means induce to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all mcns fingers are not alike clcane. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of mcate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in German}-, and often times in England since I came... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1810 - 780 pages
...Here upon I my selfe thought good to, imitate the Italian fashion by thi» forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and] often-times in England, since I came home : being once quipped for that frequent using of my Forke,... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...because FOB the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing alt men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I myself...only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home : being once quipped for that frequently using my forke, by... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 474 pages
...Meer. Nay, choose. Plu. Do you so too, good father. Italian fashion, by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home." Crudities, p. 90. The use of forks is bantered likewise by... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 472 pages
...Meer. Nay, choose. Plu. Do you so too, good father. Italian fashion, by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home." Crudities, p. 90. The use of forks is bantered likewise by... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...have his dish touched with fingers, seing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I my selfe thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home... | |
| Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...says he, " I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fefthion, by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home; being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke, by... | |
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