 ... brown sherry, and other incongruities. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp, which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities,...  The Treasury of Botany ... - Page 435by John Lindley - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 450 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. When the fruit is ripe it falls... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1887 - 892 pages
...cream-cheese, onion-sauce, brown sherry, and other incongruities," according to Mr. AR Wallace, who adds that " the more you eat of it, the less you feel inclined to stop ; in fact, to eat durions is a rare sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience." The disagreeable external odor... | |
 | Peter Henderson - Botany - 1910 - 664 pages
...the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid, nor eweet, nor juicy ; yet it wants none of these qualities,...or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the loss you foci inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East... | |
 | Chevrotains - 1912 - 216 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact to eat Durian is a new Sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience." Ich möchte alles, bis auf den... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - Gastronomy - 1913 - 640 pages
...great naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace, says of it in his great work on the Malayan Archipelago that "the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions is a rare sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience." I remember reading in the London... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - Literature - 1917 - 752 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. When the fruit is ripe it falls... | |
 | Mayne Reid - 1920 - 254 pages
...none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea, or other bad effects ; and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience. When the fruit is ripe it falls... | |
 | Gardening - 1873 - 560 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels tho want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Dnrians is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience. THE delicate flowers With scented... | |
 | Andro Linklater - Business & Economics - 1994 - 224 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclinée to stop.' It was in short the perfect fruit, or would have been had it noi possessed the... | |
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