The book The Art of Dining And of Attaining High Health; was written by author [hayward, Abraham], 1801-1884. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Art of Dining And of Attaining High Health; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Art of Dining And of Attaining High Health; a good or bad book?
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What can exceed the awkward- ness of two persons who are going to take wine together, beating about the bush to get each the other to propose champagne — a scene I have frequently witnessed be- tween the best bi ?d people ? What can ex- ceed the awkwardness of asking for it when T II K ART OF DINING. 127 there is no more, or of waiting till a fresh supply is brought, contrary to the original intention ? All these awkwardnesses are the consequences of uncertainty, and are much at variance with t...he ease that is essential to conviviality. An annunciation that there is champagne without limit, or. that it will be handed round once, or twice, or oftener, saves these embarrassments. If it is placed upon the table, I would make a similar annunciation, as indeed I always do, that there is to be one bottle, two, or more, or at discretion. Then people know what they are about, and are at their ease, for want of which there is no com- pensation. By means of previous annun- ciation even the entertainers of the old school, and the nnn of state, might make their calculation available to a satisfactory 128 THE ART OF DINING.
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