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" My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate, set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies, The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels... "
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - Page 154
1842
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 pages
...dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolved pearl, Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these broths with spoons...lampreys : I myself will have The beards of barbels serv'd instead of salads ; Oil'd mushrooms ; and the swelling unctious paps Of a fat pregnant sow,...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - 1854 - 572 pages
...(Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy) And I will eat these broths with spoons of amber, Headed with diamant and carbuncle. My footboy shall eat pheasants, calver'd...will have The beards of barbels served, instead of salads ; Oil'd mushrooms ; and the swelling unctuous paps Of a fat pregnant sow, newly cut off, Dress'...
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The Miscellaneous Works, Volume 2

William Hazlitt - 1854 - 980 pages
...dormice, and camel's heels Boil'd in the spirit of Sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet, 'gainst the epilepsy ; And I will eat these broths with spoons of amber, Headed with diamond and carbuncle. My footboys shall eat pheasants, calver'd salmons, Knots, god wits, lampreys ; I myself will have The...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1856 - 456 pages
...dormice, and camel's heels Boil'd in the spirit of Sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these broths with spoons...: I myself will have The beards of barbels served, mstead of sallads ; Oil'd mushrooms ; and the swelling unctuous paps Of a fat pregnant sow, newly cut...
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Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors

1856 - 374 pages
...camel's heels Boil'd in the spirit of sol and dissolv'd pearl, (Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsie) And I will eat these broths with spoons of amber,...diamond and carbuncle. My foot-boy shall eat pheasants ; I myself will have The beards of barbels serv'd instead of salads ; I'll have of taffeta sarcenet,...
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The Lover's Seat: Kathemérina; Or, Common Things in Relation to Beauty ...

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 pages
...tongues of carps, dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, And they will eat these broths with spoons of amber, Headed with diamond and carbuncle." "I confess," says a contemporary, "that a sense of shame, uneasiness, and dislike renders an affair...
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Specimens of English dramatic poets. New ed. (2 pt. in 1 v.)

Charles Lamb - 1857 - 468 pages
...dormice, and camels' heels, Boil'd i' the spirit of Sol, and dissolv'd pearl (Apicius' diet 'gainst the epilepsy), And I will eat these broths with spoons of amber, Headed with diamant and carbuncle. My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calver'd salmons, Knots, godwits, lampreys...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14

1864 - 816 pages
...dormice, and cameV heels, Boiled i' the spirit of Sol, and dissolved in pearl (Apiciua* diet 'gainst the epilepsy): And I will eat these broths with spoons of amber Headed with diamant and carbuncle. Hy foothoy shall eat pheasants, calrered salmons, Knots, goodwits, lampreys....
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Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...donmice, and camels' heels, Boil'd in the spirit of sol, and dissolv'd pearl, Apicius' diet "gainst the epilepsy : And I will eat these broths with spoons...lampreys : I myself will have The beards of barbels serv*d, instead of salads ; Oil'd mushrooms; and the swelling, unctuous paps Of a fat pregnant sow,...
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Five Centuries of the English Language and Literature: Volume CCCCC of the ...

Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz - 1860 - 468 pages
...Diet 'gainst the Epilepsie) And I will eat these Breaths with Spoons of Amber, Headed with Diamant, and Carbuncle. My Foot-boy shall eat Pheasants, calver'd Salmons, Knots, Godwits, Lampreys: I my self will have The Beards of Barbels serv'd, in stead of Sallads ; Oil'd Mushromes ; and the swelling...
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