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as well as the foods for which they have
fast and supper consisted of a
had an aversion . Shelley , for example ,
the dietary welcomed by men of genius
had a great contempt for animal
A fascinating study also opens up in
intellectual faculties . Bunyan's break-
bowl of milk .
which they have had an aversion . Shelley , for example ,
and a bowl of milk .
breakfast and supper consisted of a piece of coarse bread
it # impaired the intellectual faculties . Bunyan's
welcomed by men of genius as well as the foods for
had a great contempt for animal food , believing that
A fascinating study also opens up in the dietary
Dante Gabriel Rossetti had simple tastes
in food . At one dinner he is said to have
examine the marks on the back
been blind to the charms of turbot and
in the dish in which it was served . He
to have been much more interested
without going through the formality
of having his turbot removed first .
turned it over on the table cloth to
without going through the formality of having his turbot
removed first .
dinner he is said to have been blind to the charms of
turbot and to have been much more interested in the
Dante Gabriel Rossetti had simple tastes in food . At one
on the table cloth to examine the marks on the back
dish in which it was served . He turned # it over
sole , a baked leg of mutton with oyster & veal stuffing and a
he talked . Brigham Young would make a dinner on tripe
with Dickens says the menu was Whitstable oysters , a brown
which he washed down with beer . A writer who had dinner
placing his food in his mouth and gulping it down as
gin punch .
Wagner was a highly practical feeder . He ate very fast ,
but all the Chelsea philosopher did in return was to
that he had dined with Longfellow told the sage a
very funny story which made Carlyle absolutely laugh ;
ask if his guest would have a cup of tea !
The same man went to see Carlyle , and , after mentioning
It was naturally a highly popular victory with the
him was the French Admiral , Jean de Vienne -
leadership . But , at last , Gaunt sailed . Opposing
who still believed that they had a monopoly of
Londoners , but it brought heavy censure from nobles
a great sailor and an able strategist .
involved the dreary method of mining operations in
Obedient to the policy of his King , de Vienne avoided
something to show , he foolishly attempted to besiege
on land . Gaunt was compelled to give up his search for
the well-protected fortress of St Malo . This
an elusive foe , and , afraid to return home without
which Gaunt , under the Black Prince , had shown
considerable skill at the siege of Limoges .
trouble at sea as cleverly as Du Guesclin avoided it
Hawley , were also expressing their disappointment
moment had charge of the mine ; the mine collapsed
comparing the failure of a subsidized duke
When all seemed to be going well , a sortie surprised
fame and glory . Gaunt was compelled to return
citizen .
even despised failure . The ' ribald ' Londoners , who
the longbows of yeomen could pierce the
These dreary years of ineffective fighting provide
plate and mail of French knights , a brilliant
became mere marauding route marches .
and that , if archers had no target , campaigns
after the event . It seems obvious that , though
battle was no substitute for a sound policy ,
obvious morals for those who are judges long
and that there was no hope of final victory
It seems obvious that if an expedition to
of the French war was a navy in unquestioned
Calais , Cherbourg , Brest , Bordeaux and Bayonne ,
Brittany was compelled to attack via Calais ,
without a large-scale and concentrated invasion .
advantages of a ring of bridge-heads which included
command of the Channel . It seems obvious
that divided forces were dissipating the
then the primary essential to the success
the story of the prelude to the
6impasse which always resulted , and in the
In this cruel process which was
to which the Exchequer resorted is
hammering out nations on the anvils of
way out of the complicated financial
Peasants' Revolt of 1381 .
story of the experiments and expedients
war , there was a constant stirring of
those in authority to find some simple
needed taxation in order to supplement
In appreciating this story , modern con-
taxation not merely for defence and
the private wealth of the monarchy
crown lands , the fees of feudalism
ceptions of governmental duties must be
offence but for a very wide range of