'T is an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery 's the food of fools;
Yet now and then your men of wit
Will condescend to take a bit.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
-- Cadenus and Vanessa
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance
in Londo hat a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a
most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted,
baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a
fricassee, or a ragout....
