T. T. Greg

“ 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 than at any other point; should taper thereto from the bottom, or therefrom to the top—so that the soul of the wine comes concentrated into the mouth of its high priest. To be utterly avoided is the narrow hollow stem, which habours dirt or—what is as bad—inclines to the suspicion of dirt. ”

“ There is no action save upon a balance of considerations, and there can be no right drinking save upon a most scrupulous discrimination in the matter of glasses. For right drinking, being as it were a tourney of palatal sensations, is largely dependent upon its accessories, and the most important of these is the vehicle by whose means the tourney is accomplished. ”

“ 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. ”