 | 1803 - 444 pages
...Italy, Their forks, for the most part, beingvnade of iron or steel, and some of silver, but the latter are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this, their...cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers— seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 692 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forks for the most part being made of yrown, steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1807 - 688 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forks for the most part being made of yrown, steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to hare his dish touched with fingers, seeing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | David Hughson - London (England) - 1807 - 696 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forks for the most part being made of yrown, steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to hare his dish touched with fingers, seeing all mens fingers are not alike clcane. Hereupon... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 640 pages
...generally used in ail ' places ill Italy, their forkes being lor the most part made of yron or stcele, and some of ' silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....curiosity is, because ' the Italian cannot by any imanes indure to have his dish touched with tingcrs, seeing all ' Brought into custom here as they... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forkes for the tntbt part being madeof yronn, steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing alt men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - Discoveries in science - 1814 - 698 pages
...generally used in all places of Italy ; iheir forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by Gentlemen....their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.... | |
 | Johann Beckmann - 1817 - 552 pages
...their forkes being for the most part made of yron or sleele, and some of silver, but those are need only by Gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.... | |
 | 1830 - 604 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forkes for the most part being made of yronn, steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen....curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing nil meos ringers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1819 - 168 pages
...is generally used in all parts of Italy, their forkes, for the most part being made of yron, Steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen*...curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Here upon,... | |
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is generally used in all places of Italy, their forks being for the most part made of iron or steel, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have... 
