THE LITTLE TEA BOOK 



of the hard drinker, and warms that 

 of the sober student ; relieves the 

 sick, and makes the healthy better. 

 Epicures drink it for want of an ap- 

 petite ; ton vivants, to remove the ef- 

 fects of a surfeit of wine ; gluttons, as 

 a remedy for indigestion ; politicians, 

 for the vertigo ; doctors, for drowsi- 

 ness ; prudes, for the vapors ; wits, 

 for the spleen ; and beaux to improve 

 their complexions ; summing up, by 

 declaring tea to be a treat for the 

 frugal, a regale for the luxurious, a 

 successful agent for the man of busi- 

 ness, and a bracer for the idle. 



Poets and verse-makers joined the 

 chorus in praise of tea, in Greek and 

 Latin. One poet pictures Hebe pour- 

 ing the delightful cup for the god- 

 desses, who, finding it made their 

 beauty brighter and their wit more 



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