Where is that from?!?

[rickthefightguy]

So, not infrequently, Libby or I will say something in the form of "A nice XXXX would set me up for life!" Always in the same tone of voice. "Oh a nice glass of whiskey...would set me up for life!" Sometimes we anthropomorhise for the cats, "Oh, a nice piece of cardboard to chew on...would set me up for life

Comments

Pride and Prejudice maybe?

[anonymous]

http://chestofbooks.com/novel/Pride-and-Prejudice-Jane-Austen/Chapter-41.html

"A little sea-bathing would set me up forever."

Cecil

[elizabear]

A quick Google search shows the quote in The Land of Mist by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1926) - maybe that's it? (http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff3/lmist.htm)

I also found it in The Alabaster Box by Sir Walter Besant (http://www.archive.org/stream/alabasterbox01besagoog/alabasterbox01besagoog_djvu.txt).