"Sangaree" Quotes from Famous Books
... Montreal and Quebec for three years with the Hundredth, and the Hundred Twentieth Highlanders, and the Thirty-third Dragoon Guards a part of the time; Fipley commanded them, and a very jolly time we had. Much better than the West Indies, where a fellow's liver goes to the deuce with hot pickles and sangaree. Mackenzie was a dev'lish wild fellow," whispers Captain Goby to his neighbour (the present biographer, indeed), "and Mrs. Mack was as pretty a little woman as ever you set eyes on." (Captain Goby winks, and looks peculiarly ... — The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray |