charity-gifts

Updated: May 3, 2025

Doubtless it originated in the almost universal disposition and habit of Englishmen of dropping gratuities or charity-gifts here and there with liberal hand, either to obtain or reward extra service in matters of personal comfort, or to alleviate some case of actual or stimulated suffering that meets them.

Elihu Burritt - A Walk from London to John O'Groat's