"Incitation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is not consistent with the sanctity of his character? This is but a trifling pretence. No man of the most rigid virtue gives offence in any excesses of plum-pudding or plum-porridge, and that because they are the first parts of the dinner. Is there anything that tends to incitation in sweetmeats more than in ordinary dishes? Certainly not. Sugar-plums are a very innocent diet, and conserves of a much colder nature ...
— History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange |
