If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get …

Jonathan Swift
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If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and Additions and a Memoir of the Author, p.114
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If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: With Copious Notes and Additions and a Memoir of the Author, p.114

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