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" We read of pigs whipt to death with something of a shock, as we hear of any other obsolete custom. The age of discipline is gone by, or it would be curious to inquire (in a philosophical light merely) what effect this process might have toward intenerating... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 472
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The London Magazine, Volume 6

1822 - 694 pages
...above all I wished never again to see the face ofthat insidious, goodfor-nothing, old grey impostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing these tender victims. We read ot pigs whipt to death with something of a shock, as we hear of any other obsolete custom. The age...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...above all I wished never to see the face again of that insidious, goodfcr-nothing, old, gray impostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing...effect this process might have towards intenerating and duleifying a substance, naturally so mild and duleet as the flesh of young pigs. It looks like refining...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 602 pages
...odoriferous — no clown curseth while his stomach half rejecteth the rank bacon — no coalhcaver bolteth him in reeking sausages — he hath a fair...to inquire (in a philosophical light merely) what elFect this process might have towards intenerating and dulcifying a substance naturally so mild and...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 55-56

English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...animal, is man justified in using that method of putting the animal to death." I forget the decision.'* ' Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing...to inquire (in a philosophical light merely) what eilect this process might have towards inU-nerating and dulcifying a substance naturally so mild and...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

English literature - 1836 - 602 pages
...content to die. ' Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing these tender victims. \Ve read of pigs whipt to death with something of a shock,...merely) what effect this process might have towards intcnerating and dulcifying a substance naturally so mild and dulcet as the flesh of young pigs. It...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch ...

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...above all I wished never to see the face again of that insidious, good-for-nothing, old, gray impostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing these tender victims. We read of pigs whipped to death with something of a shock, as we hear of any other obsolete custom. The age of discipline...
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Cruikshank at Home: A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment, Volumes 1-2

Robert Cruikshank - English wit and humor - 1845 - 716 pages
...particularly adapted, predestined, I may say to my individual palate — it argues an insensibility. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing...intenerating and dulcifying a substance, naturally so mild CRUIKSHANK AT HOME and dulcet as the flesh of young pigs. It look* like refining a violet ! I remember...
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The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pages
...insidious, good-for-nothing, old grey impostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing those tender victims. We read of pigs whipt to death with something of a shock, as we hear of any obsolete custom. The age of discipline is gone by, or it would be curious to inquire (in a philosophical...
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The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1850 - 406 pages
...above all I wished never to see the face again of that insidious, good-for-nothing, old grey impostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing...custom. The age of discipline is gone by, or it would he curious to inquire (in a philosophical light merely) what effect this process might have towards...
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The Essays of Elia, Volume 1

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1851 - 396 pages
...insidious, good-for-nothing, old greyimpostor. Our ancestors were nice in their method of sacrificing those tender victims. We read of pigs whipt to death with something of a shock, as we hear of any obsolete custom. The age of discipline is gone by, or it would be curious to inquire (in a philosophical...
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