A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726)
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) by Henry Carey is available here as the complete text, split into 127 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) by Henry Carey. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #28105.
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