"'I will not conceal from you, my dear Mr. Copperfield,' said Mrs.Micawber, 'that I have long felt the Brewing business to beparticularly adapted to Mr. Micawber. Look at Barclay and Perkins!Look at Truman, Hanbury, and Buxton! It is on that extensivefooting that Mr. Micawber, I know from my own knowledge of him, iscalculated to shine; and the profits, I am told, are e-NOR-MOUS!But if Mr. Micawber cannot get into those firms - which decline toanswer his letters, when he offers his services even in an inferiorcapacity - what is the use of dwelling upon that idea? None. Imay have a conviction that Mr. Micawber's manners -'
'Hem! Really, my dear,' interposed Mr. Micawber."
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Boss Beer Faucet. Part III.
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Handle With Care This series continues in an unlikely way – by considering
the patent Rueter brewery had obtained for the Official Faucet. I say
unlikely, ...
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This quotation has been on here before, hasn't it? *scratches head*
Barm, has it? Your memory is probably better than mine.
You can also find mentions, albeit brief and passing, of B&P in the works of Victor Hugo, Jules Verne and Anthony Trollope.
I thought you had got the name from that extraxt...
I was wrong. It is on the Wikipedia page about the Old Truman Brewery which I was reading a few weeks ago.
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