 | 1820 - 876 pages
...days •weal merely to look at it. To swecttr. the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside -.nil cup— and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until on improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which wag to suspend a large lump... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 564 pages
...expedient of their ancestors for sweetening tea, viz. by suspending " a large lump of sugar di" rectly over the tea-table, by a string from " the ceiling,...so that it could be swung from " mouth to mouth." It is probable, however, he found some reason to doubt the continuance of this custom, during his last... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1818 - 344 pages
...economical expedient of their ancestors for sweetening tea, viz. by suspending " a large lump of sugar directly over the tea-table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from month to mouth." It is probable, however, he found some reason to doubt the continuance of this custom,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 310 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup— and the company alternately nibbled and...which was to suspend a large lump directly over the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth— an ingenious... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and...which was to suspend a large lump directly over the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious... | |
 | Francis Hall - 1819 - 592 pages
...economical expedient of their ancestors for sweetening tea, viz. by suspending " a large " lump of sugar directly over the tea-table, by a " string from the...so that it could be " swung from mouth to mouth." It is probable, however, he found some reason to doubt the continuance of this custom, during his last... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 538 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup —and the company alternately nibbled and...the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth—an ingenious expedient, which is still kept up by some families in Albany ; but which prevails... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 362 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and...directly over the tea-table, by a string from the ceih'ng, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious expedient, which is still kept... | |
 | 1820 - 730 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and...which was to suspend a large lump directly over the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious... | |
 | 1820 - 490 pages
...degenerate days sweat merely to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and...which was to suspend a large lump directly over the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious... | |
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To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup, and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which was to suspend a large lump directly over... 
