 | 1832 - 406 pagina’s
...forkes bring for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver; but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means inclure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 pagina’s
...forkes being for the most parte made of yron or steele, and some of siluer, but these are vsed only by Gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to haue his dish touched with fingers, seing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 pagina’s
...forkes being for the most parte made of yron or steele, and some of siluer, but these are vsed only by Gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to haue his dish touched with fingers, seing all mens fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon... | |
 | John Kitto - 1838 - 394 pagina’s
...their forks being for the most part made of iron or steel, and some of silver, but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean. Hereupon,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1816 - 594 pagina’s
...Christendom doth use ;' and the reason assigned is, ' because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.' Hereupon, says Thomas, ' I myselfe thought good 19 imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate.'... | |
 | 1838 - 570 pagina’s
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver, but those are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any meanes indure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane.... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - 404 pagina’s
...generally used in Italy, their forks being for the most part of iron or steel, and sometimes of silver for gentlemen; the reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot endure to have that which he eateth touched with fingers, seeing that all men's hands are not alike... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 608 pagina’s
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver ; but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane — hereupon I myself... | |
 | Thomas Ewbank - 1842 - 638 pagina’s
...forkes being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of silver ; but these are used only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian cannot by any means have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike cleane — hereupon I myself... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1679 - 502 pagina’s
...forke* being for the most part made of yron or steele, and some of siluer, but those are vsed only by gentlemen. The reason of this their curiosity is, because the Italian ,..,,,,.,,,! Kw nnv in, •(•if. indnrA tA ViailA llift tlisl) t/MJ^h*wl with SCENE iJ THE QUEEN... | |
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The reason of this, their curiosity, is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean. 
