DR. JOHNSON'S AFFINITY 



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R. SAMUEL JOHNSON 



drew his own portrait thus : 



u A hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who 

 for twenty years diluted his meals with the in- 

 fusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle 

 had scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amused 

 the evening, with tea solaced the midnight, and 

 with tea welcomed the morning." 



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