 Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating; I had thoughts, in my chambers, to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu; As in some Irish houses, where things are...  Glimpses of Irish Industries - Page 10by John Bowles Daly - 1889 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1862 - 600 pages
...the rasher in Goldsmith's " llaunch of Venison" : " An in some Irish houses where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But for...rasher of what they take pride in. They'd as soon Ihiuk of eating the pan it wan fried in !" But rashers are very provocative of thirst, and a glass... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, ibr eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. GOLDSMITH. — The Haunch of Venison, Line 9. Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer, To boast... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 436 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of vertu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — don't I hear you pronounce, This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 182 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtil ; As in some Irish houses, where things arc so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — Don't I hear you pronounce This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it was fry'd in. ; But hang it — to poets, who seldom can eat, Your very good mutton's a very good treat... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 pages
...To be shewn to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, • One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They 'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — Don't I hear... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 664 pages
...my trienils as a piece of virtu; As in some Irish houses where things are so-so, One gammon of hacon hangs up for a show; But, for eating a rasher, of what they take pride in, They 'd as soon think of eating the pan it was fry'd in. But hang it — to poets, who seldom can eat,... | |
 | 1865 - 342 pages
...view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show ; But, for...They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold, — let me pause, — don't I hear you pronounce, This tale of the bacon a damnable bounce... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Henry William Dulcken - 1865 - 410 pages
...piece of virtu ; As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up fcr a show; But, for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They 'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in. But hold — let me pause — Don't I hear... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1866 - 860 pages
...In some Irish houses where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show; But for enting a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan i! is fried in. The gammon (it may perhaps be needful to inform English readers) is the shoulder, —... | |
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