1895 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

THE ~ITX f COLOGIST.

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you to caution her on the importance of the office, and this could not b e better effected than by using the words of the witty Dr. King: " O P eggy, Peggy, w h en thou go'st to b rew, Consider well w h at you're about to do; Be very wise-very sedately th ink

T hat w h at you' re going to m ake is-drink; Consider wh o must drink that drink, a nd then ·w h at ' tis to h ave the praise of h o nest m e n ; Then future ages sh all of Peggy tell, The ny m ph who spiced the brewages so wel l."

R especting the size of the cup no fixe d rule can be laid down, because it ·must mainly depend upon the number who have to partake of it ; and be it remem– bered that, as cups are not intended to be quaffed ad lt"bitum, as did Bicias, of whom Cornelius A-- says-

"To B icias sh ee it gave, a nd sayd , ' Drink of this cup of my n e.' H e quickly quafte it, and left n ot Of licoure any sygne,"-

let quality -prevail over quantity, and try to hit a happy medium between the cup of Nestor, which was so large that a young man could not carry it, and the colmtry half-pint of our own day, which we have heard of as b eing so small that a string has to be tied to it to pre– vent it slipping down with the cider. In order to appreciate the delicacy of a well- com– pounded cup, we would venture to suggest this laconic rule, "When you drink-think." Many a good bottle has passed the fir st round, in the midst of conversation , without its merits being discovered: For Claret Cup see page 25.

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