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" ... 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 78
by William Reid - 1858 - 171 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 144

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...
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Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon: Historical Painter, from His ..., Volume 2

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...
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Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Historical Painter, Volume 1

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...
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The Book of Authors: A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal ...

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...
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Children Viewed in the Light of Scripture

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...
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The Life, Letters and Table Talk of Benjamin Robert Haydon

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...
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Correspondence and Table-talk, Volume 2

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...
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Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk, Volume 2

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...
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Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk, Volume 2

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...
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Wordsworth to Dobell

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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