Fly leaves, by C.S.C.
A source page for quotes linked to Charles Stuart Calverley.
“I sit alone at present, dreaming darkly of a Dun.”
“Life is with such all beer and skittles. They are not difficult to please About their victuals.”
“The heart which grief hath cankered, Hath one unfailing remedy - the Tankard.”
“Meaning, however, is no great matter.”
“Precious to me - it is the Dinner Bell. Oh blessed Bell! Thou bringest beef and beer.”
“But what is coffee, but a noxious berry, Born to keep used-up Londoners awake?”
“But ah! disasters have their use; And life might e'en be too sunshiny.”