Note 453 — Chapter XXVIII · JULY 1859–JANUARY 1869

“Sherry drinkers, . . . I often heard him say in a tone of positive loathing, he despised. He had a habit of speaking in a measured syllabic manner, if he wished to express dislike or contempt, which was certainly very effective. He would say: ‘If you want to have the Sherry tang, get Madeira (that’s a gentleman’s wine), and throw into it two or three pairs of old boots, and you’ll get the taste of the pig skins they carry the Sherry about in.”—Rev. J. R. P. Berkeley’s Recollections. The Life of George Borrow, by Dr Knapp.