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 348by Archibald Geikie - 1904 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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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