A Pocketful of Sixpences (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Pocketful of SixpencesSuch being the pains and perils of Parliamentary life, how wise was the maternal solicitude of the Duchess of Bellamont in T aucrccl about her son Lord Montacute, when he was asked to stand for the County! The only part I don't like is his being kept up very late at the House, so I begged him to be very strict in making his servant always have coffee ready for him, very hot, and a cold fowl or something of the sort. Pitt, as everyone knows, made his Parliamentary supper on veal pie and port wine. Sir Robert Peel used to eat a curious little round custard-pudding, of a type which is still provided at the Refreshment Bar. Mr. Gladstone drank a cup of the strongest tea, and slept heroically under the in¿uence of that singular nightcap. But even to constitutions sedulously fortified the walk home after a late sitting has often proved perilous.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.