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To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.

Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.

Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring.

A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.