To Treat A Poor Wretch With A Bottle Of Burgundy, And Fill His Snuff-box,
Is Like Giving A Pair Of Laced Ruffles To A Man That Has Never A Shirt
On His Back.
To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box,
is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt
on his back.
-- Tom Brown (1663-1704)
-- Laconics