...name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom 6 Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home ; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court ; 10 In various talk...

...converts the whole into reproach. Of this description, too, are the following lines of Pope : — " Here thou, great Anna ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea!" Rape of the Lock, iii. 7. The precept may be further illustrated by Person's insidious commendation...

...time, though no longer written, it was still pronounced so. Take this couplet of his in proof : — " Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." So, too, a pronunciation which still survives, though scarcely among well-educated persons, I mean...

...time, though no longer written, it was still pronounced so. Take this couplet of his in proof : — " Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." So, too, a pronunciation which still survives, though scarcely among well-educated persons, I mean...

...was, upon the face of it, an indigenous manufacture. ' The best Foreign Bohee is worth 30s. a pound.' With such Queen Anne refreshed herself at Hampton...had quadrupled. And yet tea was then so dear, that Garrick was cross even with his favourite actress for using it too freely. ' I remember,' says Johnson,...

...time, though no longer written, it was still pronounced so. Take this couplet of his in proof : — " Here thou, great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." So, too, a pronunciation which still survives, though scarcely among well-educated persons, I mean...

...to make a person pass at once from an elevated to a common or degrading action, as in Pope : — ' Here thou great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea." ' Or in the remonstrance to a lady : — ' Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But why did...

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

...tea, sea, fee, see, glee, &e. See Preface to Index, Obs. 3. Soft yielding minds to water glide away, Here thou great Anna, whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes ta. — PoPS. AZE. Craze, daze, blaze, gaze, glaze, maze, raze, amaze, graze. Perfect rhymes, raise,...

...Bc'kis worth 30s. a pound.' With such Queen Anne refreshed herself at Hampton Court : — ' Here thon, great Anna, whom three realms obey. Dost sometimes counsel take, and sometimes tea.1 When the best tea was at 30s. a pound, the home •-••'••• sumption of tea was about...