The only way to obtain genuine wholesome liquor, is to apply to a respectable Wine Merchant—and beg of him to send you the best wine at the regular market price.
If you are particular about the Quality of what you buy—the less You ask about the price of it the better—if you are not, bargain as hard as you please.
The Editor buys his Wines of Messrs. Danvers and Clarke, No. 122, Upper Thames Street; his Brandy and Liqueurs[60] of Messrs. Johnson, in Pall Mall; and his Spirits, &c. of Mr. Rickards, Piccadilly.
A Moral and Physical Thermometer; or, a Scale of the Progress of Temperance and Intemperance, by J. C. Lettsom, M. D.
Liquors, with their Effects, in their usual Order.
| TEMPERANCE | ||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | WATER | Health, Wealth, | ||||||||||||||||
| Serenity of Mind, | ||||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Milk and Water. | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| Reputation, long Life, and | ||||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Small Beer. | Happiness. | ||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Cyder and Perry. | Cheerfulness, | ||||||||||||||||
| Strength, and | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Wine. | |||||||||||||||||
| – | – | Nourishment, when taken | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Porter. | |||||||||||||||||
| only at Meals, and in | ||||||||||||||||||
| moderate Quantities. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Strong Beer. | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | INTEMPERANCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Vices. | Diseases. | Punishments. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Punch. | Idleness. | Sickness, | |||||||||||||||
| Puking, and | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tremors of the | Debt. | |||||||||||||||||
| Peevishness. | Hands in the | |||||||||||||||||
| Morning. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Toddy and Crank. | Black Eye. | ||||||||||||||||
| Quarrelling. | Bloatedness. | |||||||||||||||||
| {Grog, and | Inflamed Eyes. | |||||||||||||||||
| 30 | {Brandy and | Fighting. | Rags. | |||||||||||||||
| {Water. | Red Nose and Face. | |||||||||||||||||
| Lying. | Sore and swelled | Hunger. | ||||||||||||||||
| Legs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | Flip and Shrub. | – | – | Swearing. | – | – | Jaundice. | – | – | Hospital. | ||||||||
| {Bitters infused | Obscenity. | Pains in the Limbs, | Poor-house. | |||||||||||||||
| {in Spirits. | and burning in | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | {Usquebaugh. | Swindling. | the Palms of the | |||||||||||||||
| {Hystericwater. | Hands, and Soles | Jail. | ||||||||||||||||
| of the Feet. | ||||||||||||||||||
| {Gin, Anniseed, | Perjury. | Dropsy. | Whipping. | |||||||||||||||
| {Brandy, | Epilepsy. | |||||||||||||||||
| 60 | {Rum, and | Burglary. | Melancholy. | The Hulks. | ||||||||||||||
| {Whisky in the | Madness. | |||||||||||||||||
| {Morning. | Palsy. | Botany Bay. | ||||||||||||||||
| Murder. | Apoplexy. | |||||||||||||||||
| {Do, during | ||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | {the Day and | |||||||||||||||||
| {Night. | Suicide. | Death. | Gallows. | |||||||||||||||
Those who drink Wine[61], &c. for the purpose it was given, as a Cordial, to cheer the Circulation, when it falters from Fatigue, Age, or profuse Evacuations of any kind, “for the Stomach’s sake,” as St. Paul recommends it, and for our “often infirmities” as a medicine—will understand, that of all the ways of saving, to run any risk of buying inferior Wine, is the most ridiculously unwise Economy.
To Ice Wine is another very unprofitable and inconvenient custom—and not only deteriorates its flavour, but by rendering it dull in the mouth—people are induced to drink too much, as they are deprived of the advantage of knowing when they have got enough—for as soon as the Wine becomes warm in their Stomachs,—the dose they have taken merely to exhilarate them—makes them drunk.
The true Economy of Drinking,—is to excite as much Exhilaration as may be,—with as little Wine.
We deprecate the custom of sitting for Hours after Dinner, and keeping the Stomach in an incessant state of irritation by sipping Wine,—nothing can be more prejudicial to Digestion[62]—it is much better to mix Food and Drink—and to take them by alternate mouthsful.—See [page 11].