 | 430 pagina’s
...shoots, the money-shoots, and the rivulet garden tea." Tiing-po then cools down, and sums np : — " Tea is of a cooling nature, and if drunk too freely will...spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers and nobility esteem it, the lower people, the poor and beggarly, will not be destitute of it ; all... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1849 - 684 pagina’s
...plant; cultivate it, and the benefit will be widely spread ; — drink it, and the animal spirits are lively and clear. The chief rulers, dukes and nobility,...the lower people, the poor and beggarly, will not be desUUitC of it: — all will be able daily to use it and like it. Another authority says, "By drinking... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1850 - 736 pagina’s
...plant ; cultivate it, and the benefit will be widely spread ; drink it, and the animal spirits are lively and clear. The chief rulers, dukes and nobility,...the poor and beggarly, will not be destitute of it; — nil will be able daily to use it and like it." Another authority says : — " By drinking the genuine... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 pagina’s
...drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant. Drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. The chief ruler esteems it ; the lower people, the poor and beggardly will not be destitute of it. All use it... | |
 | Miss Corner (Julia) - 1853 - 562 pagina’s
...springing and waving about. This is the way to boil the water.' " The same author gives the names of sis different kinds of tea, all of which are in high repute....the poor and beggarly, will not be destitute of it.' Another author upon tea says, that ' drinking it tends to clear away all impurities, drives off drowsiness,... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1854 - 676 pagina’s
...drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant. Drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers and nobility esteem it ; the lower people, the poor, and beggarly will not be destitute of it. All... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1856 - 316 pagina’s
...drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant. Drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers and nobility esteem it ; the lower people, the poor, and beggarly will not be destitute of it. All... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - 1859 - 308 pagina’s
...drinking it, add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant. Drink it, and the animal spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers and nobility esteem it; the lower people, the poor, and beggarly will not be destitute of it. All use... | |
 | Elizabeth Twining - 1866 - 440 pagina’s
...exceedingly useful plant ; cultivate it, and the benefit will be widely spread ; drink it, and the spirits will be lively and clear. The chief rulers, dukes, and nobility esteem it, the lower people will not be without it ; all use it daily and like it." This description will equally well apply to... | |
 | William Speer - 1870 - 780 pagina’s
...kinds of tea, all of which are in high repute. As their names are rather flowery, Mr. Fortune quotes them for the reader's amusement. They are these :...the poor and beggarly, will not be destitute of it." Another Chinese author says, regarding tea, that " drinking it tends to clear away all impurities,... | |
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rivulet garden tea." " Tea," says he, " is of a cooling nature, and, if drunk too freely, will produce exhaustion and lassitude ; country people before drinking it add ginger and salt to counteract this cooling property. It is an exceedingly useful plant;... 
