 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...tea-drinker, who has, for many years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinatingplant ; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool ; who, with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnights, and with tea welcomes the morning."] v.'rite upon the slightest subject, when he writes,... | |
 | 1850 - 1254 pages
...the days ir which he describes himself as 'a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has tot raany years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle hai srareelv time to cool ; who with tea amuses thf evenings ; with tea solaces the midnights ; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 410 pages
...this critique Johnson avows himself to be "a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning." He traces the rise and progress of tea-drinking. Tea, he says, was first imported from Holland by the... | |
 | 1852 - 252 pages
...the days in which he describes himself as ' a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for many years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...has scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evenings ; with tea solaces the midnights ; and with tea welcomes the morning.' This was the third... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...assumed penitence he speaks of himself as " a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...this fascinating plant — whose kettle has scarcely had time to cool — who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 324 pages
...the days in which he describes himself as " a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for many years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...has scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evenings; with tea solaces the midnights ; and with tea welcomes the morning." In 1785 the Government... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 362 pages
...triumphs—the days in which he describes himself as "a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for many years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evenings; with tea solaces the midnights ; and with tea welcomes the morning." In 1785 the Government... | |
 | 1854 - 706 pages
...years diluted his meals only with the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle has hardly time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evening, with...the midnight ; and with tea welcomes the morning." Tyens parodied the last phrase " te veniente die — te decedente." Imagine the stupefaction of horror... | |
 | 1854 - 768 pages
...years diluted his meals only with the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle has hardly time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight ; aud with tea welcomes the morning." Tyens parodied the last phrase " te veniente die — te dccedcnte."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 pages
...Southill, in Bedfordshire, there is the following epitaph upon his monument, which I have transcribed : whose kettle has scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnights, and with tea welcomes the morning." 1 Sir John Hawkins calls his addiction to it unmanly,... | |
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... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea... 
