| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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of public men, etc. | 1 |
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BRAHAM’S favourite refreshment was bottled porter. | 2 |
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BYRON almost lived on uncanny foods, such as garlic pottage, raw artichokes and vinegar, broths of bitter herbs, saffron biscuits, eggs and lemons. | 3 |
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CATALANI’S favourite refreshment was sweetbreads. | 4 |
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CONTRALTO SINGERS can indulge even in pork and pease-pudding. | 5 |
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COOK (G. F.) indulged in everything drinkable. | 6 |
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DISRAELI (Lord Beaconsfield), champagne. | 7 |
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EMERY, cold brandy and water. | 8 |
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GLADSTONE, an egg beaten up in sherry. | 9 |
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HENDERSON, gum arabic and sherry. | 10 |
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INCLEDON (Mrs.), Madeira. | 11 |
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JORDAN (Mrs.), Calves’-foot jelly dissolved in warm sherry. | 12 |
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KEAN (Edmund), beef-tea for breakfast; brandy neat. | 13 |
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KEMBLE (both John and Charles), rump-steaks and kidneys. John indulged in opium. | 14 |
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LEWIS, oysters and mulled wine. | 15 |
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MALIBRAN, a dozen native oysters and a pint of half-and-half. | 16 |
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SIDDONS (Mrs.), mutton-chops, either neck or chump, and porter. | 17 |
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SMITH (William), coffee. | 18 |
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SOPRANOS eschew much butcher’s meat, which baritones may indulge in. | 19 |
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TENORS rarely indulge in beef-steaks and sirloins. | 20 |
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WOOD (Mrs.), draught porter. | 21 |
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