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DRINKS.

267

Rosemary,

by

themselves,

or

mixed

with

Lavender

Penny

royal

and Lavender;

Horehound;

Trefoil

flowers

;

Sorrel

;

Angelica

;

Sage

;

Cowslips

;

and

recommends

a

drink,

which

he

occasionally

used

himself,

made

of

Ground

Ivy

and

stick

Liquorice.

This

roused

the

ire

of

no

less

a

person

than

Dr.

Samuel

Johnson,

who,

as

"a

hardened

and

shameless

A

TEA

GARDEN

:

George

Morland.

tea

drinker

;

who

has

for

many

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

midnights,

and

with

tea

welcomes

the

morning,"

^

could

not

sit

still,

and

have

his

favourite

beverage

abused.

So

he

wrote

a

review

1

His

friend

Tyers

parodied

the

last

phrase

as

''

te

inviente

die,

te

decedente."