THROUGH A GLASS LIGHTLY
using. Now, it is known that atoms of bread-crumb and all sorts and conditions of alien matter cause a spurious effervescence; but he holds that virtue all too dear at the price. On the whole, the thoughtful have ceased to expect the creature himself wholly perfected either in his integrity or in his proper continent at the hands of your private householder; since he will neither pay for the one nor shed his infernal prejudice regarding the other. No; for this they must turn them to the restaurant (or feeding-shop), or go unsatisfied. And yet the points of a Champagne glass are neither extensive nor peculiar. It should be so thin that it clings to the lips as a membranous transparency—a bubble divided in twain, and floating on the wings of the wind. It should be wider in the middle
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