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DRINKS.
no
objection
to
call
a
spade,
a
spade,
thus
plainly
speaks
out.^
*'
It
would
make
a
Man
smile
to
behold
her
Figure
in
a
front
Box,
where
her
twinkling
Eyes,
by
her
Afternoon's
Drams
of Ratifee
and
cold
Tea,
sparkle
more
than
her
Pendants.
.
.
.
Her
closet
is
always
as
well
stor'd
with
Juleps,
Restoratives,
and
Strong
Waters,
as
an
Apothecary's
Shop,
or
a
Dis-
tiller's
Laboratory;
and
is,
herself,
so
notable
a
Housewife
in
the
Art
of
preparing
them,
that
she
has
a
larger
Collection
of
Chemical
Receipts
than
a
Dutch
Mountebank.
...
As
soon
as
she
rises,
she
must
have
a
Salutary
Dram
to
keep
her
Stomach
from
the
Cholick
;
a
Whet
before
she
eats,
to
procure
Appetite
;
after
eating,
a
plentiful
Dose
for
Concoction
;
and
to
be
sure
a
Bottle
of
Brandy
under
her
Bed
side
for
fear
of
fainting
in
the
Night."
There
is
no
necessity
to
multiply
instances
of
the
feminine
liking
for
brandy,
for
everyone
finds
numerous
examples
in
his
reading,
from
Juliet's
nurse,^
who,
after
Tybalt's
death,
says,
"
Give
me
some
aqzca
vita:'*
to
old
Lady
Clermont,
of
whom
Grantley Berkeley
tells
the
following
story
^
:
"
Prominent
among
my
earliest
Brighton
reminis-
cences
are
those of
old
Lady
Clermont,
who
was
a
frequent
guest
at
the
Pavilion.
Her
physician
had
recommended
a
moderate
use
of
stimulants,
to
supply
that
energy
which
was
deficient
in
her
system,
and
brandy had
been
suggested
in
a
prescribed
quantity,
^
Adam
and Eve
stript
of
their
furbelows^
1710
(?)
2
Act
III.,
s.
3.
"'
My
Life
and
Recollections^
Vol.
L,
p.
50,