 THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so...  The Quarterly Review - Page 4661836Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...kitcben of a poet, accustomed to look up to mutton as a treat : " Thanks, my lord, for your venison ; for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd...study. The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...kitchen of a poet, accustomed to look up to mutton as a treat : " Thanks, my lord, for your venison ; for finer or fatter Never rang"d in a forest, or smok'd...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter : The haunch was a picture for painters...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish literature - 1851 - 476 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANES, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter : The haunch was a picture for painters...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting But, for eating a rasher of what they take... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...ven'ison ; for fin'er nor fat'ter Ne'er ranged' in the for'est nor smoked' on the plat'ter : The flesh boasted myself with so much exultation. " My lord, yonr lordship's most humble and m [Though] my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating.... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Cooking - 1852 - 152 pages
...a platter; The hanneh was a picture for painters to study; • ' The fat was so white, and the leaa was so ruddy." Poor Pope divined at a glance the nature of the trap that had been kid for him, but he was fairly caught ; and, after a puny effort at trifling with a slice pf jq.t,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 404 pages
...look up to mutton as a treat : " Thanks, my lord, for your venison ; for finer or fatter Never rangM in a forest, or smok'd in a platter : The haunch was...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by... | |
 | MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 pages
...Ibs. The sight of it reminded us of Johnny Hook and his beef, of revolutionary notoriety: " The round was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy." But between our several households the mutton has disappeared, and we are not going to feel at all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 500 pages
...IrUh accent, and a ready though coarse wit. THE HAUNCH OP VENISON. THANRS, my Lord, for your Venison ; for finer or fatter, Never rang'd in a forest, or...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; ' Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce -help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture... | |
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