 I saw, with the utmost astonishment, two pieces, thicker and longer than our ordinary beefsteaks, cut out of the higher part of the buttock of the beast. How it was done I cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment...  The Lives of Celebrated Travelers - Page 195by James Augustus St. John - 1832Full view - About this book
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head while the other... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife' drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head, while the other... | |
 | James Bruce - 1804 - 518 pages
...cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head, while the other... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1804 - 440 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head, while the other... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - 442 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was riot anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head, while the other... | |
 | 1815 - 500 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...done, it surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were *pread upon the outside of one of their shields. One of them still continued holding the head, while... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 560 pages
...cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. ' One of them still continued holding the head, while the... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...cannot positively say, because judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...object of curiosity : whatever way it was done, it sui ely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon the outside of one of their shields. " One... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1831 - 336 pages
...positively say ; because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was...A cataplasm of clay was then placed over all, and the poor beast, having been forced to rise, was driven on as before. This mode of cutting beef-steaks... | |
 | 1831 - 320 pages
...positively say, because, judging the cow was to be killed from the moment I saw the knife drawn, I was not anxious to view that catastrophe, which was by no means an object of curiosity : however, in whatever manner it was done, it surely was adroitly, and the two pieces were spread upon... | |
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