[66] Whose premises were burnt down during the Lord George Gordon riots. Dickens immortalized Langdale in Barnaby Rudge. The distillery is still in existence at the same place.
[67] A whistling shop was a sly grog-shop. No spirits were allowed in the Fleet prison, but of course they were introduced, and could be got at some places. The method of telling who could be trusted, was for the customers to whistle—hence the term.
[68] Alcoholic Drinks, 1884, p. 67.
[69] Scott’s Ivanhoe, cap. iii.
[70] Morat is a composition of honey and mulberries, from which latter its name is derived.
[71] According to their first institution the Jesuits were not priests. This was conceded to them afterwards by Paul V. Their primitive principal occupation was the assistance of the sick and the distillation of salutiferous waters, whence they were known as “padri dell’ acquavite,” or Fathers of brandies.
[72] A liqueur made with the flower of citron.
[73] Ad majorem Dei gloriam.
[74] Roret’s “Manuel du distillateur-liquoriste.”
[75] Gui-Patin Lettres, ii. 425.