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" THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so... "
The Quarterly Review - Page 468
edited by - 1836
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The Art of Dining: Or, Gastronomy and Gastronomers

Abraham Hayward - 1852 - 152 pages
...a platter; The hanneh was a picture for painters to study; • ' The fat was so white, and the leaa was so ruddy." Poor Pope divined at a glance the nature of the trap that had been kid for him, but he was fairly caught ; and, after a puny effort at trifling with a slice pf jq.t,...
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Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners

Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...the subject of a new poetical epistle — " For finer or fatter, Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter, The haunch was a picture for painters...had been laid for him, but he was fairly caught, and after a puny effort at trifling with a slice of fat, he laid down his knife and fork, and gave way...
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The Works of Washington Irving, Volume 11

Washington Irving - 1853 - 404 pages
...look up to mutton as a treat : " Thanks, my lord, for your venison ; for finer or fatter Never rangM in a forest, or smok'd in a platter : The haunch was...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by...
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ohio cultivator

MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 pages
...Ibs. The sight of it reminded us of Johnny Hook and his beef, of revolutionary notoriety: " The round was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy." But between our several households the mutton has disappeared, and we are not going to feel at all...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 500 pages
...IrUh accent, and a ready though coarse wit. THE HAUNCH OP VENISON. THANRS, my Lord, for your Venison ; for finer or fatter, Never rang'd in a forest, or...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; ' Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce -help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture...
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The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 pages
...Irish accent, and a ready though coarse wit. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. THANKS, ray Lord, for your Venison; for finer or fatter, Never rang'd in a forest, or...The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy;' Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by eating:...
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The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton: With Lives ...

Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - 1854 - 354 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating...
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Life and Notes, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 pages
...death.] THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ...

William Collins - 1854 - 430 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter; The haunch was a picture for painters...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating;...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 614 pages
...or fatter Never ranged in u forest or smoked in a platter : The haunch was a picture for painter» to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though шу stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretung To spoil such a delicate picture by...
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