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To: Stoat
“Two spoonfuls of this last liquor is a sufficient dose; if any man should exceed this, it would presently stop his breath, and endanger his life.”

Lightweight.

13 posted on 02/27/2006 1:11:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator; Stoat
I've actually read Martin Martin's book, written in the 17th c. It was the equivalent of going into the Unknown Continent at the time . . .

He was exaggerating a little for the benefit of the naifs down in London. Leig d' anail . . . take a breath!

It was a hard-drinking age, and a couple of spoonfuls wouldn't even make those old boys blink (Englishmen of that day thought nothing of polishing off a couple of bottles of port at a meal - that's 40 proof.)

82 posted on 02/27/2006 2:47:50 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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