. Thackerayana;. sfy theordinary cravings of nature. Yet at these you may meet with avariety of characters. At Dollys and Horsemans you commonlysee the hearty lovers of beef-steak and gill ale; and at Bettys, andthe chop-houses about the Inns of Court, a pretty maid is asinviting as the provisions. In these common refectories you mayalways find the Jemmy attorneysclerk, the prim curate, the walkingphysician, the captain upon half-pay, the shabby valet de chambreupon board wages, and the foreigncount or marquis in dishabille, whohas refused to dine with a duke oran ambassador. At a little eatin
. Thackerayana;. sfy theordinary cravings of nature. Yet at these you may meet with avariety of characters. At Dollys and Horsemans you commonlysee the hearty lovers of beef-steak and gill ale; and at Bettys, andthe chop-houses about the Inns of Court, a pretty maid is asinviting as the provisions. In these common refectories you mayalways find the Jemmy attorneysclerk, the prim curate, the walkingphysician, the captain upon half-pay, the shabby valet de chambreupon board wages, and the foreigncount or marquis in dishabille, whohas refused to dine with a duke oran ambassador. At a little eating-house in a dark alley behind theChange, I once saw a grave citizen, worth a plump, order a two-penny mess of broth with a boiled chop in it; and when it wasbrought him, he scooped the crumb out of a halfpenny roll, andsoaked it in the porridge for his present meal; then carefullyplacing the chop between the upper and under crust, he wraptit up in a checked handkerchief, and carried it off for the
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