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Article DESCRIPTION OF A GRAND COLLATION, Page 1 of 1 Article REMARKS ON MEN OF SPIRIT. Page 1 of 2 →
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Description Of A Grand Collation,
DESCRIPTION OF A GRAND COLLATION ,
GIVEN BY THE LATP . SIR EDWARp RUSSF . L , IN AN ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN , WHEN HE WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THOSE SEAS .
MEMORANDUM . —That on the 35 th of October 16 94 a bowl of punch was made at the Ri ght Hon . Edward Russel ' s house , when he was Captain General and Commander in Chief of hisMajesty ' s forces in the Mediterranean sea . It was made in a fountain , in a garden , the middle of four walks , all covered over head with lemon and orange trees ; and in every walk was a table , the whole length of it covered with cold collations , & c . In the said fountain were
the'follovving ingredients , viz . four hogsheads of brand } " -, eight hogsheads of water , 25 , 000 lemons 20 gallons of lime juice , 1300 weight of fine white Lisbon sugar , five pounds of grated nutmegs , 300 toasted biscuits , and last a pipe of dry mountain malaga . Over the fountain was a large canopy built to keep off the rain ; and there was built on purpose a little boat , wherein was a boy belonging to -the fleet , who rowed round the fountain , and filled the cups to the , company ; . and in all probability more than 6000 men drank thereof . '
Remarks On Men Of Spirit.
REMARKS ON MEN OF SPIRIT .
THERE is no term in use in common life more misapplied , perhaps , than that of spirit :, there is always a contemptible idea annexed to the want of spirit ; though I have known many a . man rise to the dignity of an alderman merely for wanting that spirit which has brought another to the workhouse . I am myself one of those persons who are charged by my acquaintance with a want of
spirit , and for no other reason but that I do not live above my . income . I have spirit enough to keep out of debt , and endeavour to make all my friends welcome when they visit me ; but , when I make an entertainment , they cry , it is not done with spirit , though it is ' always as elegant as my circumstances will allow . . I know several of these men of spiritwho are mean-spirited h to borrow
, enoug money of me . Our goals swarm with men of spirit , and our streets are crouded by children , whose parents were persons of spirit . There are men of spirit of all degrees , from the peer in his gilded chariot , to the porter with his silver ticket , who ridicule frugality and all cecononiy which prevents superfluous . expence . By these persons a man that is frugal is said to be miserable ; and ceconomy is despised as the
want of spirit . I am convinced that if men of spirit were to become a little Jess vain and ostentatious , it would be of great advantage , not onl y to themselves , but to the community : for it is notorious that
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Description Of A Grand Collation,
DESCRIPTION OF A GRAND COLLATION ,
GIVEN BY THE LATP . SIR EDWARp RUSSF . L , IN AN ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN , WHEN HE WAS COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THOSE SEAS .
MEMORANDUM . —That on the 35 th of October 16 94 a bowl of punch was made at the Ri ght Hon . Edward Russel ' s house , when he was Captain General and Commander in Chief of hisMajesty ' s forces in the Mediterranean sea . It was made in a fountain , in a garden , the middle of four walks , all covered over head with lemon and orange trees ; and in every walk was a table , the whole length of it covered with cold collations , & c . In the said fountain were
the'follovving ingredients , viz . four hogsheads of brand } " -, eight hogsheads of water , 25 , 000 lemons 20 gallons of lime juice , 1300 weight of fine white Lisbon sugar , five pounds of grated nutmegs , 300 toasted biscuits , and last a pipe of dry mountain malaga . Over the fountain was a large canopy built to keep off the rain ; and there was built on purpose a little boat , wherein was a boy belonging to -the fleet , who rowed round the fountain , and filled the cups to the , company ; . and in all probability more than 6000 men drank thereof . '
Remarks On Men Of Spirit.
REMARKS ON MEN OF SPIRIT .
THERE is no term in use in common life more misapplied , perhaps , than that of spirit :, there is always a contemptible idea annexed to the want of spirit ; though I have known many a . man rise to the dignity of an alderman merely for wanting that spirit which has brought another to the workhouse . I am myself one of those persons who are charged by my acquaintance with a want of
spirit , and for no other reason but that I do not live above my . income . I have spirit enough to keep out of debt , and endeavour to make all my friends welcome when they visit me ; but , when I make an entertainment , they cry , it is not done with spirit , though it is ' always as elegant as my circumstances will allow . . I know several of these men of spiritwho are mean-spirited h to borrow
, enoug money of me . Our goals swarm with men of spirit , and our streets are crouded by children , whose parents were persons of spirit . There are men of spirit of all degrees , from the peer in his gilded chariot , to the porter with his silver ticket , who ridicule frugality and all cecononiy which prevents superfluous . expence . By these persons a man that is frugal is said to be miserable ; and ceconomy is despised as the
want of spirit . I am convinced that if men of spirit were to become a little Jess vain and ostentatious , it would be of great advantage , not onl y to themselves , but to the community : for it is notorious that