Saturday, September 20, 2008

Tea time























"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Henry James*



Illustration from Historia del Arte Erotico

*James quote by way of Brainy Quote.--a BitterGrace Bibiliophile award to anyone who can tell me its source.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2008 at 11:10 PM

    "The Portrait of a Lady" published as a book in 1881 (first published as a serial)

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  2. BitterGraceSeptember 21, 2008 at 4:45 AM

    We have a winner! Thank you. My memory is going ...

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM

    Man, I gotta switch from that Lipton I've been drinking. I'm getting nowhere near that effect.

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  4. BitterGraceSeptember 21, 2008 at 8:08 PM

    Perhaps a nice Oolong ...

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM

    That would make my lap sang.

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  6. BitterGraceSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM

    I am tempted to make reference to Honeybush, but I'm going to restrain myself.

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