 T would tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl. Serenely full, the epicure would say, "Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today.  The Home Cook Book - Page 1091883 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1889 - 536 pages
...Of the present, while we sigh: You may know this mischief-maker, For his name is " By-and-By." 178. Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. 179. You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1889 - 470 pages
...to eat : Back to the world he 'd turn his fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad-bowl ! Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. STATE OF PARTIES IN 1813. To John Allen, Esq. January i, 1813. My dear Allen, — ... As to politics,... | |
 | American poetry - 1889 - 532 pages
...Of the present, while we sigh: You may know this mischief-maker, For his name is " By-and-By." 178. Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. 179You'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below... | |
 | Emma Pike Ewing - Cookery, American - 1890 - 160 pages
...compound loss A magic teasp >on of anchovy sauce. Oh. green and glorious! A herbaceous treat! 1 Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world...salad bowl! Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate can not harm me, I have dined to-day. SALADS. CLASS 1. FBUIT SALADS. Fruit salads in season, without... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 978 pages
...to eat ; Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad-bowl ; Serenely full, the epicure would say, "Fate cannot harm me, — I have dined to-day." SYDNEY SMITH. ®l)c (Eascnce of <£)pcra ; OR, ALMANZOR AND IMOGEN. An Opera, in Three Atl*. SUBJECT... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English literature - 1891 - 244 pages
...remembers the eloquent outburst of Sydney Smith : ' Oh, green and glorious ! Oh, herbaceous treat ! "Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat. Back to the world...fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl.' That is to say, he would do so if the concoction were worthy of his attention. And that is just the... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood - Dinners and dining - 1892 - 416 pages
...dying anchorite to eat ! Back to the world would turn his fleeting soul, To plunge his fingers in a salad bowl ! Serenely full, the epicure would say, ' Fate cannot harm me, — I have dined to-day.' " LOBSTER SALAD. "Take, take lobsters and lettuces, Mind that they send you the fish that you order... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Literary Criticism - 1892 - 1112 pages
...to-day. The concluding lines in Sydney Smith's famous poetical Recipe for Salad (Memoir, p. 374) are, — Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. The last line is probably a reminiscence of Horace : lile potens sui Laetusque deget, cui licet in... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...to-day. The concluding lines in Sydney Smith's famous poetical Recipe for Salad (Memoir^ p. 374) are,— one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor The last line is probably a reminiscence of Horace : Laetusque deget, cui licet in diem Dixisse Vixi;... | |
 | Poetry - 1892 - 526 pages
...Fulfill thy fate! Be — do— bear— and thank God. BAI LEY, Festits. The heart is its own Fate. I BID. Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. SIDNEY SMITH, Lady Holland' s Memoir. Recipe for Salad. Fate holds the string, and Men like Children,... | |
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