“"Did you ever taste beer?" "I had a sip of it once," said the small servant. "Here's a state of things!" cried Mr Swiveller, raising his eyes to the ceiling. "She never tasted it — it can't be tasted in a sip!"”

Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 57

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English writer and social critic and a Journalist 1812–1870

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