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" The company, being seated around the genial board and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish; in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon... "
A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ... - Page 183
by Washington Irving - 1819
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 7

England - 1820 - 876 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much...preserved peaches and pears ; but it was always sure to boost an enormous dish of balk of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called dough nuts, or oly...
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A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the ...

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much...always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called dough nuts, or oly koeks — a delicious kind of cake,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 7

1820 - 490 pages
...seated around the genial board, anil each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much...lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense npple pie?, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears ; but it was always sure to boast an enormous...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 7

England - 1820 - 730 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in bunching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner at sailors harpoon porpoises ut sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes the table...
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A History of New-York: From the Beginning of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1821 - 414 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish : in much...lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears; but it was always sure to boast an enormous...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 5

1821 - 732 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much...lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple-pies, or saucers full of preserved peaches and pears ; but it was always sure to boast an enormous...
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Memoirs Concerning the Affairs of Scotland, from Queen Anne's Accession to ...

George Lockhart - Jacobites - 1824 - 870 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish : in much...always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened NEW-YORK. 113 dougb, fried in hog's fat, and called dough nuts, or oly koeks : a delicious...
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A History of New York: From the Beginnimg of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1824 - 318 pages
...seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much...always sure to boast an enormous dish of balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat, and called dough nuts, or oly koeks — a delicious kind of cake,...
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A History of New York from the Beginning of the World

Washington Irving - American wit and humor - 1825 - 356 pages
...seated around the genial hoard, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish : in much...the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, Oe our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes the table was graced with immense apple pies, or...
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A History of New York, from the Beginnimg of the World to the End ..., Volume 1

Washington Irving - New York (N.Y.) - 1826 - 452 pages
...seated around the* genial board, and each furnished with a- fork, evinced their dexterity in launching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon 188 ANCIENT MODE porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes. Sometimes tbe table was...
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