 | Alfred G. Havet - 1867 - 280 pages
...BON. Sir, I have now in my cellar, ten tuns of the best ale* (f.) in Staffordshire ; f 'tis smooth6 as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong...years old the fifth day of next March, old style* (m.). AIM. You 're very exact, I find, in 7 the age of your ale*. BON. As punctual, sir, as I am in... | |
 | Paul Guesdon - 1867 - 352 pages
...much famed for aie; I think PII taste that. BON. Sir, 1 have now in my cellar ten tuns of the best aie in Staffordshire; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk,...as brandy; and will be just fourteen years old the flfth day of next March, old style. AIM. You're very exact, I find, in the age of your aie. BON. As... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1871 - 466 pages
...Litchfield much famed for ale ; I think I'll taste that! lion. Sir. I have now in my cellar, ten ton of the best ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber and strong us brandy ; and will be just fourteen years old the fifth day of March next old style. Ron. As punctual,... | |
 | Barry Gray - 1871 - 376 pages
...and Aimwell, makes the jolly host describe the brew on tap in these words : — 19 ' Boniface. Ale ! 'Tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy Sir, I have fed purely upon ale ; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale Now,... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet, Anton Leopold Becker - 1873 - 200 pages
...Lichfield much famed for 9 ale ; I think I '11 taste that. BON. Sir, I have now in my cellar, ten tuns of the best ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber 10, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen years old the fifth day of next March, old style... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1874 - 634 pages
...to find with either. You remember what Boniface says in the play ? ' The best ale in Staffordshire; smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen year old the fifth day of next March, old style !' A comfortable house the Seven Bells. Propert looks... | |
 | 1874 - 640 pages
...either. You remember what Boniface says in the play ? . ' The best ale in Staffordshire; smooth aa oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen year old the fifth day of next March, old style !' A comfortable house the Seven Bells. Propert looks... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...unfortunately very immoral, are admirably witty. . Saith the jocund landlord, Boniface : .' " Sir, I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in...years old the fifth day of next March, old style." Robert Henryson, in his " Borrowstown Mouse and Landward Mouse," runs into this figure : " To eek the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...much famed for ale ; I think I'1l taste that. BoN. Sir. I have now in my cellar ten tun of the hest ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as...years old the fifth day of next March, old style. AIM. You're very exact, I find, m the ago of your ale. BoN. As punctual, sir, as I am in the age of... | |
 | Richard Grant White - England - 1881 - 626 pages
...ordinary Santerne. It would have justified the eulogy of the host in " The Beaux Stratagem : " " As smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; .... fancy it Burgundy, only fancy it, and 't is worth ten shillings a quart." As I absorbed it I... | |
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Sir, I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen year old the fifth day of next March, old style. 
