Warms his old bones like nectar:
And as the inns, where it is found,
Are his especial hunting-ground,
We call him the INN-SPECTRE." - Meaning and context.">
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Of "Inspector Kobold", a spectre
• Canto 3, "Scarmoges"
“

Port-wine, he says, when rich and sound,
Warms his old bones like nectar:
And as the inns, where it is found,
Are his especial hunting-ground,
We call him the INN-SPECTRE.

— Lewis Carroll

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Port-wine, he says, when rich and sound,
Warms his old bones like nectar:
And as the inns, where it is found,
Are his especial hunting-ground,
We call him the INN-SPECTRE." in the context of "Of "Inspector Kobold", a spectre
• Canto 3, "Scarmoges"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Lewis Carroll" (Quotes, Phantasmagoria (1869)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Lewis Carroll

About Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.