Friedrich Engels — "The beer was usually bad, the gin always terrible, and the company on intellectu…"
The beer was usually bad, the gin always terrible, and the company on intellectual topics was not stimulating.
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Describing Manchester's working-class pubs in 'The Condition of the Working Class in England'
Date: 1845
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