 The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 2691820Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...fashionable hours •were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The teatable was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises... | |
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...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company being seated round the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the... | |
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