"I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker,……" — Samuel Johnson
"I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning."
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Samuel Johnson
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