Written by london swaminathan
Date: 3 February 2016
Post No. 2505
Time uploaded in London :– 18-12
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Shelley, a vegetarian
Shelley had all the sensualities of the table…….an ineffable contempt, and, like Newton, used sometimes to inquire if he had dined. He was a vegetarian, believing that abstinence from animal food stabilises and clears the intellect. Bread was his staff of life.
When he felt hungry he would rush into a bakery, emerge with a loaf under his arm, and stride on, rapidly breaking off pieces and swallowing them greedily.
While visiting Shelley, his friend Hogg once ventured to say something about a pudding. “A pudding, said Shelley, is a prejudice”. He did sometimes permit Harriet or Mary to supply a “murdered chicken” for a guest.
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Coffee or Tea
John Randolph, the American statesman, said to a waiter, at the same time handing him his cup and saucer, “Take that away, change it”.
“What do you want, Mr Randolph” asked the waiter,
“Do you want coffee or tea?”
“If that stuff is tea, said he, bring me coffee, if it is coffee, bring me tea. I want a change”.
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Thackeray’s longing for Oysters!
One of the chief reasons for Thackeray’s visit to America was his great desire to eat Massachusetts oysters. The publisher James T Fields knew of the novelist’s secret longing, and as soon as he could get Thackeray in his possession he carried him off to a magnificent oyster spread.
Thackeray gazed in delight at the six colossal specimens set before him. Not knowing How to begin the attack he asked his companion in a troubled voice,
“How do I do it?”
“This way”, said Fields promptly, and proceeded to dispatch his first oyster. Then in the midst of a profound silence Thackeray did likewise. After a moment Fields anxiously asked him how he felt. Drawing a deep breath, Thackeray replied, “As if I had swallowed a baby”.
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Swift and Pie
Jonathan Swift, in travelling, called at hospitable house. The lady of the mansion, rejoiced to have so distinguished a guest, with great eagerness and flippancy asked him what he would have for dinner.
Will you have an apple- pie, sir?
Will you have a gooseberry pie, Sir?
Will you have a cherry pie, Sir?
Will you have A currant pie, Sir?
Will you have A plum pie, Sir?
Will you have A pigeon pie, sir?
Any pie, Madam, but a mag-pie? said Swift.
—–Subham——
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