 | Edward Randolph Emerson - 1908 - 584 pages
...Doctor Samuel Johnson's word picture of himself: "A hardened and shameless teadrinker, who for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle had scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amused the evening with tea solaced the midnight, and with... | |
 | Joseph Thomas Raby - 1909 - 168 pages
...wrote— " I am a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who for 20 years have diluted my meals only with the infusion of this FASCINATING PLANT, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with TEA amused the evening; with TEA solaced the midnight, and with Tea welcomed the morning." Such Teas as... | |
 | Ethel Rolt-Wheeler - 1910 - 408 pages
...Literary Magazine. He writes of himself as 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." Splendid breakfast parties, formal or intimate dinner parties, receptions, simple or magnificent ;... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 502 pages
...his pamphlet, Johnson describes himself as "a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for many years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnights, and with tea welcomes the morning." This last phrase was thus parodied by Tyers : " Te veniente... | |
 | 1914 - 534 pages
...words for thought" He confessed to being a "hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...solaces the midnight and with tea welcomes the morning." Boswell has to say: "The quantities which he drank of it at all hours were so great, that his nerves... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 pages
...an Essay on 'Tea he described himself as "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." After pouring out his sixteenth cup, a hostess once asked him if a small basin would not save him trouble.... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1923 - 288 pages
...little consideration from a " hardened and shameless tea-drinker " like himself, who had " for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning." No; Hanway was not successful in his crusade against tea. As a merchant whose business had called him... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1924 - 268 pages
...breakfastcups of the Englishman of to-day. So, when Dr. Johnson confessed that he had " for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant," and that he was one " whose kettle has scarcely time to cool," he would not be, to our ideas, exceeding.... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...little justice from the author of this extract, a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of...solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning . . . That the diseases common ly (1) Si trova nella parte est di Londra ed e ancora oggi il luogo... | |
 | 1907 - 1102 pages
...lias for many years dilated his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose ketile has scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, nnd with tea welcomes the morning. "Give him," said one of his literary friends, "twen'y, thirty, or... | |
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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... 
