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Excerpt from Kay's Edinburgh Portraits, Vol. 2 of 2: A Series of Anecdotal Biographies Chiefly of Scotchmen To this poetical description of dainty John, ' we may add the prose remarks of the Traditions He was the Sleekest and kindest Of landlords. Nothing could equal the benignity Of his smile, when he brought in a bottle Of the ale to a company of well-known and friendly customers; and it was a perfect treat to see his formality in drawing the cork, his precision in filling the glasses, his regularity in drinking the healths Of all present in the first glass (which he always did, and at every successive bottle), and then his douce civility in withdrawing. The peculiar suavity of welcome which he invariably extended to his friends was no less effective. Walk in, gentlemen, he would say, there's plenty 0' corn in Egypt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.