 | 1786 - 506 pągines
...boiled till it dropped from the bone, a vcal-pye with plumbs and fugar, or the out fide cut cf a fait buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties: with regard to drink, his liking was for the ftrongeft, as it was not the •flavour, but the cfFeft he fought fnr, and profcffcd to dcfirc ; and... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - 314 pągines
...boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal-pye with plums and fugar, or the outfide cut of a fait buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties: with regard to drink, his liking •was for the ftrongeft, as it was not the flavour, but the effecT: he fought for, and profefled to defire; and when... | |
 | 1786 - 510 pągines
...boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pye with plums and fugar, or the outfide cut of a fait buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties : with regard to drink; his liking was for the Jirangeft j as it was not theyfowar, but the efftEt he fought for; and when I firft knew him he ufed... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pągines
...nothing less than delicate; a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal-pie with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef were his favourite dainties.' Cradock saw Burke at a tavern dinner send Johnson a very small piece of a pic. the crust of which was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pągines
...less than delicate ; a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal-pie with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef were his favourite dainties.' Cradock saw Burke at a tavern dinner send Johnson a very small piece of a pie. the crust of which was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pągines
...a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pye with plums and sugar, or the outside of a salt buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties;...strongest, as it was not the flavour, but the effect be sought for, and profess^ to desire; and when I first knew him, he used to pour capillaire into his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 258 pągines
...dropped from the bone, a veal-pye, with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef. With regard to drink, his liking was for the strongest,...he sought for, and professed to desire ; and when I first knew him, he used to pour capillaire into his port wine. -For the last twelve years, however,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 256 pągines
...dropped from the bone, a veal-pye, with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef. With regard to drink, his liking was for the strongest,...he sought for, and professed to desire ; and when I first knew him, he used to pour capillaire into his port wine. For the last twelve years, however,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pągines
...less than delicate ; a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pie with plumbs and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef,...he sought for, and professed to desire ; and when I first knew him, he used to pour capillaire into his Port wine. For the last twelve years however,... | |
 | William Kitchiner - 1827 - 524 pągines
...the bone, a veal pie, with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef. With repard to Drink, his liking was for the strongest, as it was not the Flavour, but the Effect that he desired." Mr. Smale's Account in Dr. Johnson's Journey into Wales, 1816, p. 174. Thus does... | |
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Johnson's own notions about eating however were nothing less than delicate : a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pie with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties... 
