 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - English wit and humor - 1878 - 370 pages
...aunts, and croaking rooks, She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks and prayers three hours a day, To part her time 'twixt reading...muse and spill her solitary tea. Or o'er cold coffee trifle with a spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon, Divert her eyes with pictures in... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - English wit and humor - 1878 - 414 pages
...aunts, and croaking rooks, She went from opera, park, assembly, play. To morning walks and prayers three hours a day, To part her time 'twixt reading...muse and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with a spoon. Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon, Divert her eyes with pictures in... | |
 | Herbert Allen Giles - East Asia - 1878 - 204 pages
...Formerly, all tea was called bohea, which is an imitation of the sounds of the above two characters. ' To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, ' To muse and spill her solitary tea." Pope. ' As some frail cup of China's fairest mould, ' The tumults of the hoiling bohea braves, '.And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...halls, dull Aunts, and croaking rooks: She went from Op'ra, Park, Assembly, Play, To morning-walks, and pray'rs three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea; 15 . To muse, and spill her solitary tea; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 274 pages
...halls, dull aunts, and croaking rooks : She went from Op'ra, Park, Assembly, Play, To morning-walks, and pray'rs three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt...muse, and spill her solitary tea; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1880 - 264 pages
...halls, dull aunts, and croaking rooks: She went from Op'ra, Park, Assembly, Play, To morning-walks, and pray'rs three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt...muse, and spill her solitary tea; Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon ; Divert her eyes with pictures... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...eyes ; N'o monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; The whole at once is bold and regular. To part her time 'twixt reading and Bohea; To muse, and spill her solitary tea. — p. 481 POPE. 48l Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...aunts, and croaking rooks ; She went from Opera, Park, Assembly, Play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, is To muse, and spill her soli tary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...aunts, and croaking rooks ; She went from Opera, Park, Assembly, Play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day ; To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, is To muse, and spill her solitary tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock,... | |
 | LUDWIC HERRIC - 1882 - 494 pages
...hohe a in England gleichbedeutend mit Thee überhaupt, wie aus den Zeilen Popes hervorzugehen scheint: To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea, To muse and spill her solitary tea. Das Wort Soya als Bezeichnung einer pikanten Sauce oder eines konzentrierten vegetabilischen Saftes... | |
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twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon... 
