 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 1324 pages
...forkes for the most part being made of yronn or steele, and some of silver, but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is,...seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon j myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 872 pages
...forkes for the most part being made of yronn or steele, and some of silver, but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is,...by any means indure to have his dish touched with lingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon j myself thought good to imitate the... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1875 - 532 pages
...because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish 'touched with fingers, seeing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. ' Hereupon I myself?...thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this 4 forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in ' Germany, and oftentimes in... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1875 - 538 pages
...forks ' being for the most part made of yrrm or steele. and some of silver, but 1 those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, 'because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish 1 touched with tinners, seeing all mens fingers are not alike cleane.... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1876 - 1228 pages
...forkes Vising for the most part made of yron or steele. and some of silver ; but these are used only IL 9= t $A #Fc0SXY G X GT} D kK 4a&qu q fUT U ]ݬI ȧ' , 3 j { have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane — hereupon I myself... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1876 - 640 pages
...used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clcanc — hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion, by this/orAW cutting of meate,... | |
 | William (Canon of Windsor) Harrison - 1878 - 264 pages
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of siluer, but those are vsed only by Gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to haue his dish touched with fingers, seeing all mens fingers are not alike cleane.... | |
 | Stacey Grimaldi - 1881 - 434 pages
...their forks for the most part being made of Iron, Steele, and some of Silver, but these are used only by Gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is,...touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not all alike, clcane. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion, by this forked cutting... | |
 | 1884 - 586 pages
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steelc, and some of silver; but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure lo have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | Mrs. Edmund Boger - 1887 - 692 pages
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver ; but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this, their curiosity, is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean. Hereupon... | |
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The reason of this, their curiosity, is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean. 
