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Chapter 7

Convivial Eccentricities

Busby's Folly and Bull Feather Hall 525

Old Islington Taverns 526

The Oyster and Parched-Pea Club 529

A Manchester Punch-House 530

"The Blue Key" 533

Brandy in Tea 534

"The Wooden Spoon" 535

A Tipsy Village 535

What an Epicure Eats in his Life-Time 536

Epitaph on Dr. William Maginn 538

Greenwich Dinners 539

Lord Pembroke's Port Wine 540

A Tremendous Bowl of Punch 541