 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 346 Seiten
...in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak and cut it length-ways like strings, about the thickness of a little finger,... | |
 | James Bruce - 1804 - 518 Seiten
...in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak and cut it length-ways like strings, about the thickness of your little finger,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1804 - 310 Seiten
...in England, while the motion of the fibres may be seen perfectly distinct, and alive in the fiesb. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak, and cut it in long thongs like strings, about the thickness of a little ringer,... | |
 | 1808 - 690 Seiten
...idiot, turns to the one whose cartridge is first ready, who stuffs tiie whole of it into his mouth. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat." Lruie's Traveli, vol. 1 1 '.p. 4S3 — 4. 1 forbear at present to subjoin more remarks on these 'two... | |
 | 1809 - 596 Seiten
...and many other opportunities of observation, Mr. Salt was authorised to contradict Bruce's assertion, that ' No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat.' The guests both feed themselves, and hand pieces of the brinde to their neighbours. At the ' tabk-... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 Seiten
...palpitating. " The company," says Mr. Bruce, " are so ranged, that one man sits between two women. — No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak and cut it lengthways, like strings, about the thickness of your little finger,... | |
 | 1825 - 844 Seiten
...beef-steak in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steuk, and cut it lengthways like strings, about the thickness of your little finger,... | |
 | 1826 - 638 Seiten
...in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak and cut it length-ways like strings, ahout the thickness of your little finger,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 Seiten
...in England ; while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia of any fashion whatever feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak and cut it length ways like strings, about the thickness of your lutlr finger,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 838 Seiten
...in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh. No man in Abyssinia, of any fashion whatever, feeds himself, or touches his own meat. The women take the steak, and cut it lengthways like strings, about the thickness of your little finger,... | |
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The company are so ranged that one man sits between two women ; the man with his long knife cuts a thin piece, which would be thought a good beef-steak in England, while you see the motion of the fibres yet perfectly distinct, and alive in the flesh.... 
