 | England - 1820 - 876 pages
...introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady, which wag to suspend a large lump directly over the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be...prevails without exception in Communipaw, Bergen, Flat- Hush, and all our uncontaminated Dutch villages. •• At these primitive tea-parties the utmost... | |
 | Francis Hall - Canada - 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 - Canada - 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,... | |
 | Francis Hall - Canada - 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 - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...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 the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth— an ingenious... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1819 - 302 pages
...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 the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious... | |
 | Washington Irving - New York (State) - 1820 - 538 pages
...each cup —and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady,...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 - Fore-edge painting - 1821 - 362 pages
...each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum, until an improvement was introduced by a shrewd and economic old lady,...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 - 490 pages
...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 the tea table, by a string from the ceiling, so that it could be swung from mouth to mouth — an ingenious... | |
 | England - 1820 - 730 pages
...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 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... 
