Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon].

  • John Timbs
Date:
1838
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    1 16 among sea-faring men to the present day; and the Romans surrounded their heads with wreaths of refreshing plants, for which we have the unclassical substitute of wet cloths. When Aristotle tells us that Dionysius of Syracuse remained in a state of intoxication for eighty days, we must suppose that he got drunk every morning.—Mayo. To prevent thirst in hot weather, eat plenty of fresh but- ter at breakfast: avoid drinking water as you would poison : in short, drink as little as possible of any thing; and do not give way to the first sensation of thirst.—Colonel Shaw's Memoirs. Water is proverbially dear at Paris. Louis Philippe once remarked, that he furnished his navy with wine at Toulon, at a less cost per gallon than the price of Seine water in the capital. The quantity of water consumed by a Spanish crowd is incredible : except, perhaps, some stubborn Aragonese, the lowest classes even prefer it to wine in warm weather. In some parts of the Continent, as a substitute for spring water, (which is often very bad), the effervescent waters of Seltzer, Geilnau, and Fachingen, all coming from the Brun- nen of Nassau, are constantly drunk at meals: a large bottle costs bd. A very agreeable beverage is made by- mixing the water with Bordeaux wine, a little lemon-jnice, and sugar. The wholesomeness of toast and water is thus explained. When bread is toasted, its surface becomes converted into gum; and toast and water, as it is called, is a solution of the gummy matter so produced; and gum is a nutritious article of vegetable diet. Jjmohmg;. Of smoking, it has been well observed, that all imaginative persons, when the world goes wrong with them, console themselves for the absence of realities by the creations of smoke. Some smokers consider the well-known white earthen
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