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" The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 269
1820
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A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in 1, 'inching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...time, when the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea table was crowned with a huge earthen dish,...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 7

England - 1820 - 730 pages
...about six. unie* was in winter time, when the &""0iia,^ liours were a little earlier, thit the W° might get home before dark. I do not find that they...up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company hoing seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in bunching...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 7

1820 - 490 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. I do not find th; '. they ever treated their company to iced creams, jellies,...The company being seated around the genial board, anil each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this...
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A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the ..., Volumes 1-2

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 556 pages
...fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises...
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...present age of refinement. Our ancestors were fond of more sturdy, substantial fare. The tea-table was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces jn this mighty dish : in much the same manner as sailors harpoon pbrpoises at sea, or our Indians spear...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The teatable was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1828 - 354 pages
...present age of refinement. Our ancestors were fond of more sturdy, suhstantial fare. The tea tahle was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored with slices of fat pork, fried hrown, cut up into morsels, and swimming in gravy. The company heing seated around the genial hoard,...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1829 - 292 pages
...the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The teatable was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1831 - 522 pages
...the fashionable hours were a little earlier, that the ladies might get home before dark. The teatable was crowned with a huge earthen dish, well stored...furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in. lanching 'at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon...
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