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

  • John Timbs
Date:
1838
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Credit: Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    call it P—“ ’Twas wlien tlie seas were roaring.” They all contributed, and tlie most celebrated association of clever fellows this country ever saw, did not think it beneath them to unite their strength and abilities in the composition of a song.—Cowper. “ God save the King” was sung as an anthem at the royal chapel, in the reign of James II. It is uncertain by whom the words were written, but the music was composed by Dr. John Bull, belonging to the choir of the chapel. It first became a popular song, (with the alteration of James to George,) through Dr. Arne, who set it in parts, and in- troduced it at one of the London theatres during the Irish rebellion. The folly of betting is well satirized in the following no- tice, in one of Walpole’s Letters : Sept. 1st, 1750,—“ they have put in the papers a good story made at White’s. A man dropped down dead at the door, and was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fair- ness of the bet.” Maplett, in his Green Forest, (1567,) says, it is reported “ that the ele being killed and addressed in wine, whoso- ever clianceth to drinke of that wine so used, shall ever after lothe wine.” A wit once said to a water-drinker with a purple face, “ better things might, prima facie, be expected.” Dr. Franklin pleasantly observes, that the only animals created to drink water, are those who from their conforma- tion are able to lap it on the surface of the earth; whereas, all those who can convey their hands to their mouth, were destined to enjoy the fruit of the grape. The occasional worshippers of Bacchus come oft cheaply; ’tis those who imitate the fuddling Silenus that generally drop into an early grave. As a witty old gentleman once said in the hearing of some of his hard-going neighbours, “ they never dry their nets.” Bon-vivans have odd fancies. An old Devonshire squire had a very old and grotesque tree near his house, clipped
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