[23] A nickname invented by the famous Eton tutor, "Billy Johnson," for a florid journalist.
[24] Lord Beaconsfield, Lothair.
[25] See M. Arnold's Letters, May 15, 1880.
[26] The Right Hon. J. W. Lowther.
[27] Sir George Trevelyan, The Ladies in Parliament.
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HOSPITALITY
"I never eat and I never drink," said the Cardinal. "I am sorry to say I cannot. I like dinner-society very much. You see the world, and you hear things which you do not hear otherwise."
Lord Beaconsfield, Lothair.