The experienced butcher [by J. Plumptre assisted by T. Lantaffe].1816 |
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ALDERNEY CATTLE ammonia animals antiseptic antiseptic power beasts beef Berkshire blood body bones breed brisket bull-baiting bulls butcher calf called calves carcass cattle Chap chiefly Christ colour cruelty Dishley drachms especially ewes eyes faces and legs Fallow Deer fatten feed fleece flesh goats grains half hath head HEREFORDSHIRE hides hornless horns horse human inches Ingrossing JAMES PLUMPTRE Jesus Jews joint keep killed kind labour lamb Lincolnshire live loin London Lord Luke Matt meat mercy milk Minnith mutton nature neck offal offence oxen persons pithing potash pounds practice preserved putrefaction quadrupeds quantity quarter rendered ribs sagapenum salt says sea-salt sell shambles sheep shillings side skin slaughter smell Smithfield Smithfield Market sold stone substances thee thick thing thou unto veal venison weight wether wool young
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Page 43 - They take the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave.
Page 185 - ... the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, 45 waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 6 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth...
Page 10 - ... meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 4 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page i - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 41 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 11 - And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 6 - And there came a voice to him ; Rise, Peter, kill and eat. But Peter said ; Not so, Lord ; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time ; What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Page 27 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...