... he once covered his tongue and throat as far as he could reach with Cayenne pepper, in order to appreciate the 'delicious coldness of claret in all its glory Our national vice - Page 78by William Reid - 1858 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1876 - 592 pages
...to show you what a man of genius does when his passions are roused, he told me that he once covered his tongue and throat- as far as he could reach, with cayenne pepper, in order to enjoy the " delicious coolness of claret in all its " glory." This was his own expression. ' The death... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1853 - 382 pages
...show what a man does to gratify his appetites, when once they get the better of him, he once covered his tongue and throat as far as he could reach with Cayenne pepper, in order to appreciate the ' delicious coldness of claret in all its glory,' — his own expression. "The death of his brother... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1853 - 568 pages
...show what a man does to gratify his appetites when once they get the better of him, he once covered his tongue and throat as far as he could reach with Cayenne pepper, in order to appreciate the 'delicious coldness of claret in all its glory' — his own expression. " The death of his brother... | |
| William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 pages
...to show what a man does to gratify his habits, when once they get the better of him, he once covered his tongue and throat as far as he could reach with cayenne pepper, in order to appreciate the ' delicious coldness of claret in all its glory — his own expression. " — Ep. Dr. Arnold. 461... | |
| William Reid - 1872 - 246 pages
...could balance, and then, with the fragments of the desert, pelting them to pieces ? I need not tell of Keats, the poet, covering his tongue and throat...the delicious coolness of claret in all its glory." I need not tell of Sheridan, drinking with Campbell, M the poet, at a tavern till four o'clock in the... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 372 pages
...to show you what a man of genius does when his passions are roused, he told me that he once covered his tongue and throat, as far as he could reach, with cayenne pepper, in order to enjoy the " delicious coolness of elaret in all its glory." This was his own expression. The death... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 544 pages
...to show you what a man of genius does when his passions are roused, he told me that he once covered his tongue and throat, as far as he could reach, with cayenne pepper, in order to enjoy the " delicious coolness of claret in all its glory." This was his own expression. The death... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 514 pages
...to show you what a man of genius does when his passions are roused, he told me that he once covered his tongue and throat, as far as he could reach, with cayenne pepper, in order to enjoy the " delicious coolness of claret in all its glory." This was his own expression. The death... | |
| Benjamin Robert Haydon - 1876 - 512 pages
...show you what a man of genius does when his passions are roused, he told me that he once covered bis tongue and throat, as far as he could reach, with cayenne pepper, in order to enjoy the " delicious coolness of claret in all its glory." This was his own expression. The death... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 pages
...consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration.' There is Haydon's story of him, how ' he once covered his tongue and throat as far as he could reach with Cayenne pepper, in order to appreciate the delicious coldness of claret in all its glory — his own expression.' One is not much surprised... | |
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