Contact
Privacy
Book: A Modest Proposal
Quotes of Book: A Modest Proposal
TOP TAGS :millionbooksdiaryactivismgodlessespwallpapertitles

  1. Jonathan Swift _ A Modest Proposal

    I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child ... to be about two shillings per annum, rags included; and I believe no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child, which, as I have said, will make four dishes of excellent nutritive meat.Those who are more thrifty {as I must confess the times require} may flay the carcass; the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.
    book-quote

  2. Jonathan Swift _ A Modest Proposal

    A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.
    book-quote

  3. Jonathan Swift _ A Modest Proposal

    I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.
    book-quote
Categories