...pronunciation of our own word " tea," preserved for MB in Dublin, Paris, and sundry verses such as " Great Anna, whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea." It is interesting to be told that we Englishmen do not, " like the people of the Middle Kingdom, swallow...

...held councils there, if we may trust Pope, who says, invocating Hampton-court, — " Where thon, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." Hampton-court was usually the queen's residence for some little time after the summer prorogation of...

...British statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thoii great Anna ! whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take, — and sometimes tea."* George I. and George II. spent a good deal of time at Hampton Court, but the Court life was as dull...

...pronunciation of our own word tea, preserved for us in Dublin, Paris, and sundry verses, such as—. " great Anna, whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." 153. For drinking tea they have a fixed time. In the early morning they regularly take tea and comfits,...

...Pope once more adds lustre to the way. For at Ufton Nervet lived Arabella Fermor, the Belinda of T/te Rape of the Lock. Arabella must have passed down the...obey, Doth sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea," most delightful letters are dated from there — letters in which he gives charming sketches of English...

...it meant business, and repaired to the place named sword in hand. He found the fair Miss Kendrick, masked, and still " unbeknownst," awaiting him, "...and sometimes tea," perhaps in the society of her cclebrator; for Pope himself was frequently a visitor at Ufton. Many of his most delightful letters...

...peculiarly appropriate when we consider the good Queen's teadrinking propensities. " And thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." So run Pope's lines, rhyming all right when we remember the new drink was then pronounced " tay " in...

...Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom s Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Doth sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court;10 fn various talk...

...different senses of a single grammatical construction. (Thus for instance Alexander Pope: 'And thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, /Doth sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea.') At any rate it serves to further reinforce Hanson's point about the radical incommensurability of paradigms...

...thing — and meaning not only the wit of Swift, whom Lewis so much enjoyed, but also "And thou! Great Anna! whom three realms obey / Doth sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." Or "Oats: A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland, supports the people."...