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" It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures of the land, while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? — they are well known... "
Scottish Reminiscences - Page 348
by Archibald Geikie - 1904 - 447 pages
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 68

1827 - 932 pages
...the humour of what he said. One day the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails? — they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome— even sanative in...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 36

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 624 pages
...war with prejudice. It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? — they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome — even sanative...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 36

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 pages
...land, while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? — they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome — even sanative in some cases. The epicures of olden times enumerated among the richest and raciest delicacies, the snails which were fed in the...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticism

Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 pages
...war with prejudice. It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? — they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome — even sanative...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 19

Walter Scott - 1835 - 394 pages
...war with prejudice. It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ?—they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome—even sanative in...
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A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Volume 1, Part 1

John Kay - 1838 - 402 pages
...opinions, especially in regard to diet. On one occasion they had a disquisition upon the inconsistency of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...cases. The epicures, in olden time, esteemed as a most delicious treat the snails fed in the marble-quarries of Lucca. The Italians still hold them in esteem....
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The Quarterly review, Volume 36

1827 - 630 pages
...chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feedmg on the testaceous creatures of the land, while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? — they are well known to be nutritious and wholesome — even sanative...
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Magazine of Natural History, Volume 3

1830 - 596 pages
...of what he said. " It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together vipon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? They are well known to be nutritious and wholesome, even sanative in some...
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The London Anecdotes for All Readers ...

Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...humour of what he said. It chanced that the two Doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures of the land, while those of the sea wore considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? they are known to be nutritious and wholesome,...
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An Introduction to Conchology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of ...

George Johnston - 1850 - 634 pages
...of what he said. " It chanced that the two doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures...while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Wherefore not eat snails ? They are well-known to be nutritious and wholesome, even sanative in some...
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