 | Thomas Ashe - Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1803 - 402 pages
...equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckyan ate nothing but bacon, which indeed is the favourite diet of all the inhabitants of the State, and drank...by the public habit. In a country then, where bacon anil spirits form the favourite summer repast, it cannot be just to attribute entirely the causes of... | |
 | 1810 - 578 pages
...meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckyan ate nothing but bacon, which is the favourite diet of all the inhabitants of the state ; and drank nothing but whiskey, which soon made him two thirds drunk. In this he is also supported by the general habit. In a country, then, where bacon... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - Alleghany River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1809 - 334 pages
...inhabitants of the state, and drank nothing bat whiskey, which soon made him more than two thirds ; drunk. 1n this last practice he is also supported by the public...In a country then, where bacon and spirits form the favourite summer repast, it cannot be just to attribute entirely the causes of infirmity to the climate.... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...chicken. The Kentuckyau ate nothing but bacon, which is the favourite diet of all the inhabitajits of the state; and drank nothing but whiskey, which soon made him two thirds drunk. In this he is also supported by the general habit. In а country, then, where bacon... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 466 pages
...which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed is the favorite diet...nothing but whiskey, which soon made him more than two-thirds drunk. In this last practice he is also supported by the public habit. In a country, then,... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1889 - 474 pages
...which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed is the favorite diet...nothing but whiskey, which soon made him more than two-thirds drunk. In this last practice he is also supported by the public habit. In a country, then,... | |
 | Henry Adams - History - 2006 - 244 pages
...which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but bacon, which indeed is the favorite diet...nothing but whiskey, which soon made him more than two-thirds drunk. In this last practice he is also supported by the public habit. In a country, then,... | |
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The dinner consisted of a large piece of salt bacon, a dish of hominy, and a tureen of squirrel broth. I dined entirely on the last dish, which I found incomparably good, and the meat equal to the most delicate chicken. The Kentuckian eat nothing but... 