 | 502 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes ! " If the above is applicable to private dinners, how much more is it to public feasts, where too... | |
 | 1794 - 450 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal, but man, keeps to one dish. Herbs... | |
 | 1803 - 402 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal but man keeps to one dish. Herbs are... | |
 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 244 sidor
...he, " when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers, and lethargies, with other innumerable...distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes." They, who by plentiful and luxurious meals are in the habit of gorging the stomach, and loading the... | |
 | Edward Barry - 1806 - 208 sidor
...he, " when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers, and lethargies, with other innumerable...distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes." ,' •. * . . . They, who by plentiful and luxurious meals are in the habit of gorging the stomach,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal, but man, keeps to one dish. Herbs... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 374 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable...distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes." Lewis Cornaro, a Venitian of noble extraction, was memorable for having lived healthful and active... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 362 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable...distempers, lying in ambuscade among the dishes." Lewis Cornaro, a Venitian of noble extraction, was memorable for having lived healthful and active... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and •dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal, but man, keeps to one dish. Herbs... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 sidor
...part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal, but man, keeps to one dish. Herbs... | |
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For my part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. 
