On it, he had pencilled a few lines from Oliver Wendell Holmes's 1873 "A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party," which he recited, with feeling: No! ne'er was mingled such a draught In palace, hall, or arbor, As freeman brewed and tyrants quaffed, That night in Boston Harbor!
The opening lines of the muʿallaqah of ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm are a famous instance: Up there, maiden, and bring us a morning draught in a goblet; Do not hold back on the prize vintages of ʿAndarīn!
It's got to be a draught beer in a pub so when people come and see me they always say, "Shall we meet in the local pub?" I used to drink bitter but when I was doing Hamlet I started wanting something cold.
They were given a shallow draught, in part to allow them to operate in the shallow waters of the Baltic but also reflecting experience gained earlier in the war.
Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England for Cambridge University in 1689 90 and 1701 2, but according to some accounts his only comments were to complain about a cold draught in the chamber and request that the window be closed.
Quoting one contemporary record, Warner reports that "a laborer by the name of George Wade went to a public house in Westminster, 'drank a Pint of Gin off at a Draught, and expired in a few Minutes.' " Then there were those widely reported cases, duly confirmed by physicians, where drunkards spontaneously caught fire (although their beds or chairs were mysteriously undamaged).
As he explained in a letter to the volume's compiler, Lt. Col. Alexander Bliss, "In the hurry of despatching my Contribution the other day, I now find that I enclosed to you an uncorrected draught — in fact, the wrong sheet".
Finally, the samples were washed with deionized water, dried under a draught and stored in a dry environment to prevent the formation of oxide thin films because of environmental humidity.
Owing to their stronger financial positions, emerging markets will again outperform again in 2012-13, altheygh they will feel a draught from sluggish demand in the West.
It used to surprise me, that lonely syllable trapped in cycling repetition, like a bingo ball in a draught.
(Whatever you do, don't leave them in a draught – they'll collapse).
