"We have had for breakfast, toasts, cakes, a yorkshire pie, a piece of beef about the size and much the shape of my portmanteau, tea, coffee, ham and e...

On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.
~ Charles Dickens ~












On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition...
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