Give but an Englishman his whore and ease,
Beef and a sea-coal fire, he's yours forever.

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Quoted by Lord Byron in a letter to Francis Hodgson (22 August 1822) | If you should feel a disposition to come here, you will find 'beef and a sea-coal fire', and not ungenerous wine. Whether Otway's two other requisites for an Englishman or not, I cannot tell, but probably one of them.

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