 | 1820 - 876 lehte
...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 - 1818 - 564 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 - 302 lehte
...to look at it To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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 - 310 lehte
...to look at it To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup— and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup —and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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 lehte
...to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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 lehte
...to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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 lehte
...to look at it. To sweeten the beverage, a lump of sugar was laid beside each cup — and the company alternately nibbled and sipped with great decorum,...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... 
