... 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... The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 230by Samuel Johnson - 1823Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...fafcinating plant, whofe kettle has fcarcely time to cool, who with Tea amufes the evening, with Tea folaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning. He...notion, that Bohea and Green Tea are leaves of the fame fhrub. gathered at different times of the year. He is of ppinionj that they are produced by different... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning.' Johnson's Works, vi. 21. That 'he never felt the least inconvenience from it' may well be doubted.... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning.' Johnson's Works, vi. 21. That 'he never felt the least inconvenience from it' may well be doubted.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...extract, a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle...morning. He begins by refuting a popular notion, that $ohea and Green Tea are leaves of the same shrub, gathered at different times of the year. He is of... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...extract, a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle...and Green Tea are leaves of the same shrub, gathered such a book it imports little which part is first read, or first examined. For the entertainment of... | |
| John Edmonds Stock - 1811 - 508 pages
...himself to be "a hardened and shameless tea-drinker; who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning." The opinions of this great man might, in other instances besides this, be sufficiently imposing to... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1815 - 660 pages
...himself as " a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted bis meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle...the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning." Mr Hanway wrote an angiy answer to his playful animadversions in " the Gazetteer " of May 26, 1756... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...collection of voyages and travels projected by his friend Newbery. When a new bridge, also, was about to be the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle...solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning : Te veniente die, Te decedente .' Hanway published an angry reply, and Johnson after a full and deliberate... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 pages
...extract, a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle...morning. He begins by refuting a popular notion, that Bobea and Green Tea are leaves of the same shrub, gathered at different times of the year. He is of... | |
| Convers Francis - 1830 - 164 pages
...refreshing beverage- the praises of which Dr. Johnson has celebrated by describing himself as one " who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning." They seem to have been apprehensive that their measures of hostility against tea would be least likely... | |
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