 I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not charitably notified me at the twelfth cup that I must put my spoon across it when I wished to finish with this sort of warm water. He said...  The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood - Page 65by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippincott - 1912 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1877 - 536 pages
...everything appeared charming to me. I partook of most excellent tea. uud I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not...cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one. when the ceremony of the spoon has... | |
 | 1877 - 548 pages
...everything appeared charming to me. I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not...cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one, when the ceremony of the spoon has... | |
 | 1877 - 560 pages
...everything appeared charming to me. I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not...cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one, when the ceremony of the spoon has... | |
 | Thompson Westcott - 1877 - 548 pages
...tea, and would have taken more, I think, if the ambassador [M. de la Luzerne] had not kindly warned me, at the twelfth cup, that I must put my spoon across my cup when I wished to bring this warm-water question to an end. Said he : 'It is almost as bad to... | |
 | 1878 - 548 pages
...agreeable expression, and was dressed altogether in white ; in fact, everything appeared charming to me. I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even...sort of warm water. He said to me : it is almost as ill bred to refuse a cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be for the mistress of the house... | |
 | Charles Henry Hart - 1878 - 48 pages
...tea, and I should be even now drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not charitably uotitied me at the twelfth cup that I must put my spoon across...sort of warm water. He said to me : it is almost as ill bred to refuse a cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be for the mistress of the house... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1879 - 612 pages
...everything appeared charming to me. I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the ambassador had not...cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one when the ceremony of the spoon has... | |
 | Edwin Martin Stone - 1884 - 834 pages
...hospitably entertained. Here, he says, " I partook of most excellent tea, and 1 should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not...ill-bred to refuse a cup of tea when it is offered you. as it would be Indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one when the ceremony... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott - 1884 - 1012 pages
...tea, and would have taken more, I think, if the ambassador (M. de la Lucerne) had not kindly warned me at the twelfth cup that I must put my spoon across my cup when I wished to bring this warm-water question to an end. Said he, ' It Is almost as bad to... | |
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