Friday, 13 March 2009

In Coffam Veritas

In the early 18th century, the father of famous satirical artist William Hogarth tried to open a London coffee-house with a difference: it was LATIN SPEAKING.

The coffeehouse failed, and poor debt-stricken Pop Hogarth was duly sent to prison. Mind you, some would argue that anyone with such indescribably poncey ideas deserved a spell in the slammer.

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