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The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry: With Some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others; Occasion'd Principally by the Title of a Book ... Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Anti

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William King

The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry: With Some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others; Occasion'd Principally by the Title of a Book ... Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Anti

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Excerpt from The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry: With Some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others; Occasion'd Principally by the Title of a Book Publish'd by the Doctor, Being the Works of Apicius Cœlius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the AntientsPericles, when it flourifh'd 11103 in fump'tuous Buildings, and Rome in its Height of Em. Pire from Angufin/s down to Adrian, had no thing that equall'd the Royal or New Exchange, or Pope's'head Alley 'for Curiofities and Toy jhops, neither-had their Senate any thing to alleviate their Debates concerning the Affairs of the Univerfe like Rafiling fometimes at Gollonel Parfons's. Although the Egyptians often extended their Conquefis into Africa and Ethiopia, and tho' the Cafre Blacks have very fine Teeth, yet I cannot find that they make ufe of any fuch Infirument nor does Lndolfn/s, tho' very exati as to the Ahyfline Empire, give any account of a matter fo im portant for which he is, to blame, as Ifhall {hew in my Treatife of For/<4 and Napkins of which I {hall fend you an Eflay with all Expedition. I [hall in that Treatife fully il lulirate, or confute this Fallage of Dr. Hey lin, in the third Book of his Cofinography, where he fays of, the Chinefe, That they eat their Meat with two Sticks of Ivory, Ebony, or the like, not touching it with their Hands at all, and therefore no great Fonlers of Linnen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
ISBN
0259207136 / 9780259207139
Pages
174
Weight
8.5 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.4 in.

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