"Dietetical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... chips. The proprietor, who began life, as Mr. Noble says, with half-a-crown, died in March, 1739, worth L1,000. Thomas Read was a later tenant. Charles Lamb mentions "saloop" in one of his essays, and says, "Palates otherwise not uninstructed in dietetical elegancies sup it up with avidity." Chimney-sweeps, beloved by Lamb, approved it, and eventually stalls were set up in the streets, as at present to reach even ...
— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury |
