 Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre.  The London Magazine - Page 2171823Full view - About this book
 | Carl Holliday - American literature - 1912 - 334 pages
...grace the head of the table; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot ; and a dish of beans or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre. When the cook has a mind to cut a figure, which I presume will be the case tomorrow, we have two beef-steak pies, or dishes of crabs, in addition,... | |
 | Janet McKenzie Hill - Cookery - 1911 - 870 pages
...human events they might in reason expect. "We have a ham (sometimes a shoulder) of Bacon," he wrote, "to grace the head of the Table; a piece of roast Beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens (almost imperceptible) decorates the center. When the cook has a mind to cut... | |
 | History - 1915 - 290 pages
...essential, and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham (sometimes a shoulder), of Bacon, to grace the...he will attempt to do tomorrow), we have two Beef- stake- Pyes, or dishes of crabs in addition, dividing the space, and reducing the distance between... | |
 | History - 1915 - 314 pages
...essential, and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham (sometimes a shoulder), of Bacon, to grace the...presume, he will attempt to do tomorrow), we have two Beef-stake-Pyes, or dishes of crabs in addition, dividing the space, and reducing the distance between... | |
 | Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1916 - 576 pages
...annoy the British. On January 14, 1780, Lord Stirling was placed in command of an expedition to attack ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head...table, a piece of roast beef adorns the foot, and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imperceptible, decorates the centre. When the cook has a mind to cut... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 440 pages
...essential, and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot m we have had a "ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the...table ; a piece of roast beef adorns the foot, and a dish of beans or greens, almost imperceptible, the center. When the cook has a mind to cut a figure,... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - New York (N.Y.) - 1921 - 616 pages
...them of their prospective fare. He wrote : — " Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace the head of the table ; a piece of roast beef adonis the foot ; and a dish of beans or greens decorates the center. When the cook has a mind to cut... | |
 | John Clement Fitzpatrick - United States - 1924 - 348 pages
...essential ; and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham (sometimes a shoulder) of Bacon, to grace the...Table; a piece of roast Beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens (almost imperceptible) decorates the center. When the cook has a mind to cut... | |
 | United States. Army Medical Service - Medicine, Military - 1931 - 538 pages
...essential, and this shall be the purport of my letter. Since my arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon to grace the head...of roast beef adorns the foot, and a small dish of green beans — almost imperceptible — decorates the center. When the cook has a mind to cut a figure,... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1932 - 636 pages
...essential; and this shall be the purport of my Letter. "Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had a ham, (sometimes a shoulder-) of Bacon, to grace the...Table; a piece of roast Beef adorns the foot; and a dish of beans, or greens (almost imperceptible,) decorates the center. When the cook has a mind to... | |
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