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DRINKS.
of
Hanway's
Essay,
and
demolished
it.
Johnson
cer-
tainly
was
an
immoderate
and
enthusiastic tea
drinker,
and
somewhat
a
tyrant
over
it,
as
Mrs.
Piozzi
rather
ruefully
relates.
"
By
this
pathetic
manner,
which
no
one
ever
possessed
in
so
eminent
a
degree,
he
used
to
shock
me
from
quitting
his
company,
till
I
hurt
my
own
health
not
a
little
by
sitting
up
with
him,
when
1
was
myself
far
from
well
;
nor
was
it
an
easy
matter
to
oblige
him
even
by
compliance,
for
he
always
main-
tained
that
no
one
forebore
their
own
gratifications
for
the
sake
of
pleasing
another
;
and
if
one
did
sit
up,
it
was,
probably,
to
amuse
one's
self.
Some
right,
how-
ever,
he
certainly
had
to
say
so,
as
he
made
his
com-
pany
exceedingly
entertaining,
when
he
had
once
forced
one,
by
his
vehement
lamentations
and
piercing
reproofs,
not
to
leave
the
room,
but
to
sit
quietly,
and
make
tea
for
him,
as
I
often
did
in
London
till
four
o'clock
in
the
morning."
When
dining
one
day
with
William
Scibtt
(after-
wards
Lord
Stowell),
Johnson
told
a
little
story
of
Garrick
and
his
tea
drinking.
"
I
remember
drinking
tea
with
him
long
ago,
when
Peg
Woffington
made
it,
and
he
grumbled
at
her
for
making
it
too
strong."
But
the
names
of
worthy
and
eminertt
tea
drinkers
are
legion,
and
its
virtues
are
so
patent
that
even
our
Legislators
have
a
room
set
apart
in
the
Houses
of
Parliament
for
the
discussion of
it
and
other
matters.
One
or
two
words
only,
before
concluding
the
sub-
ject
of
tea,
and
those
are
to
show
how
to
make
a
good
cup
of
tea.
The
teapot
should
be
thoroughly
warmed,
and
the