I've bought the best champagne from Brooks. From liberal Brooks, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit, and a distant bill. Who, nursed in clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid. The North American Review - Seite 68herausgegeben von - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1906 - 548 Seiten
...his plate, his cooks ; And know, I've bought the best champagne from Brookes, From liberal Brookes, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit and a distant bill ; Who, nursed on clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid. Lord Holland had already... | |
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