Punch, Volume 290Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1986 - English wit and humor |
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Page 49
... wine of Araby " which is black coffee . The wine buff in an abstaining phase will most happily settle for this alternative lubrication , because he can continue to exercise much of the same vocabulary as he uses to pontificate about wine ...
... wine of Araby " which is black coffee . The wine buff in an abstaining phase will most happily settle for this alternative lubrication , because he can continue to exercise much of the same vocabulary as he uses to pontificate about wine ...
Page 70
... wine of the country of Greece is resinous and scarcely drinkable to a foreigner , savouring of sealing - wax and vinegar , " wrote Murray in 1840 , although he could have been summing up more re- cently . " Avoid native drinks , " coun ...
... wine of the country of Greece is resinous and scarcely drinkable to a foreigner , savouring of sealing - wax and vinegar , " wrote Murray in 1840 , although he could have been summing up more re- cently . " Avoid native drinks , " coun ...
Page 58
... wine trade , " said Walter , " because I'm not supposed to know about it . " You could write in big letters on the back of a small stamp what Walter Sichel doesn't know about the wine trade . He has spent a life- time in it , most of it ...
... wine trade , " said Walter , " because I'm not supposed to know about it . " You could write in big letters on the back of a small stamp what Walter Sichel doesn't know about the wine trade . He has spent a life- time in it , most of it ...
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