This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...I am unable to say. Parker would not adulterate his beer, so in his case the fault lay with the brewer. I should like to see a law passed prohibiting a brewer to be the owner of a public-house, or at least to prevent the introduction into the tenants' leases of a clause compelling them to buy their ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...I am unable to say. Parker would not adulterate his beer, so in his case the fault lay with the brewer. I should like to see a law passed prohibiting a brewer to be the owner of a public-house, or at least to prevent the introduction into the tenants' leases of a clause compelling them to buy their liquors of the landlords. This may be thought a digression; but I have so often had my meals in the country spoiled by the filthy stuffs I have been obliged to drink, that I must ventilate my grievance. The "Rest" is two miles away from any village proper, and it is a matter of wonder how any one came to think of establishing an inn there, or how, being established, it supported itself until it became known. Now, however, anglers from all parts of the kingdom come and stay there for days at a time. Artists come to paint and sketch, and literary men sometimes, to write. Very occasionally young men go there to read, which they do furiously for two or three days, then less and less attentively, until all pretence of studying is cast aside, and they very sensibly take to enjoying themselves while they may. In the summer panting canoeists stop for a refresher, and ask how far it is on to the next stage, receiving the answer as a rule with little pleasure, for it is wonderful how distance seems to multiply itself on the water. You are told a place is ten miles off After paddling or rowing what you imagine to be about six miles, you inquire again, and are told your destination is about seven miles still. Sometimes, too, an eight-oar or a four-oar comes up the stream with long mechanical strokes of the oars, and after its crew have consumed a large quantity of beer and tobacco, starts off again. The only other visitors are the bargees, who...
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