"Severely criticised by their political opponents for neglecting their official duties, it was said that they had no thought but to live out their days in rural retirement."
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Happiness is a cauldron of fat beef
A caldron of fat beef, and stoop of ale,
On the huzzaing mob shall more prevail,
Than if you give them, with the nicest art,
Ragousts of peacocks brains, or filbert tart.
-- William King, The Art of Cookery (London, 1708), p. 107
