A treatise on the art of baking : with a preliminary introduction, shewing the various productions of the different quarters of the globe -- observations on the present state of agriculture --the farmer and middleman -- strictures on the corn bill, &c. With a number of valuable receipts, original and selected for the baker and domestic circle / by John White.

  • White, John, active 1828.
Date:
1828
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the art of baking : with a preliminary introduction, shewing the various productions of the different quarters of the globe -- observations on the present state of agriculture --the farmer and middleman -- strictures on the corn bill, &c. With a number of valuable receipts, original and selected for the baker and domestic circle / by John White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    good. This by many will be considered as a defect in human nature ; but whether it is or is not, I will not stop to inquire : but even on the supposition that it is so, it is generally observed, that notwithstanding the natural discontent of man with his own condition, he, in most cases, out of choice, prefers that climate where provi- dence has ordained his lot; whether he reposes under the canopy of a palm tree, or builds himself an hut with the snow of the Polar regions. At the same time it will be found, that the food which different climates produce, is exactly suited to the taste and the health of the respec- tive inhabitants. Here, in this respect, we must own that nature, or more properly speaking, the God of nature, has been, and still is, extremely profuse in his bounties to the creatures he has made. But the chief good has been bestowed upon man,—considered either in the habitation that he enjoys, or the food that is given for his support. The inferiof'creatures, however numerous and diversified they be, are in a manner confined to one particular spot, from whence, if they be removed, they soon degenerate; and many will not survive, for any length of time, a re- moval from their native climates. Thus the lion and the tyger inhabit the torrid zone; the shaggy bear takes up his habitation in the wintry regions of the Poles. None of these creatures ever think of invading the terri- tories of another; neither is their constitution formed for such a transposition. But man inhabits all climates; wherever he can find a spot of ground to set his foot upon, there he fixes his habitation. In whatever climate he was born, he may wander through the world, his con- stitution adapts itself to the change, and he thrives alike on the bounties of an indulgent Father,—and old age overtakes him alike, whether he is an inhabitant of Greenland, or of the sultry plains of India.