Foote's humour was of a reckless kind, but always hard-hitting and well aimed;, Once at the dinner-table a Cornish parson was holding forth at a wearisome length on the profits of his living, and aa he expatiated, waving about two dirty hands—" I'm not surprised at all:at. your profits," struck in Foote, "for I ace you keep the glebe in your own hands." Dining in Paris with Lord Stormontj the ambassador, the thrifty Scotchman produced some very old Tokay in very small glasses, enlarging all the time on its delicious flavour : and enormous antiquity. " It's very little,' though, for its age," said Foote cruelly, " holding up the diminutive glass."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 655, 29 June 1870, Page 3
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