...nursery with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.1 ' I have been assured,' says he in the Modest Proposal, ' by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragout.' And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with...

...very knowmg American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, ata year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome...it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children...

...squeamish tastes of the present day. His humour is too highly flavoured when he dilates upon the fact that " a young healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and healthy food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled;" when' he proves that " the carcass of a good...

...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragout" And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with...

...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragofit." And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with...

...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a ragout" And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with...

...with the tread and gaiety of an ogre.* " I have been assured," says he in the " Modest Proposal," " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt it will equally serve in a rago&t" And taking up this pretty joke, as his way is, he argues it with...

...changed from a public grievance into a source of pecuniary benefit. " I have been assured," says he, " by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, " that a young healthy child, well-nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted,...

...children. * Prescott's History of Ferdinand and Isabella, vol. ip 274. " I have been assured," says he, "by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in...whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled ; and I make HO doubt it will serve equally well in a ragout." The grim humour of the Dean may find a partial excuse...

...therefore, humbly propose my own thoughts, which 1 hope will not be liable to the least objection. ' 4 When we know Swift, such a beginning frightens us...ragout. 1 Gulliver's Travels, Part 4, ch. 7, p. 337. * Ibid. Part 2, ch. 6, p. 172. * A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of the poor people in...