"Afternoon tea" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the desert of a lonesome student life, this friendly hostel seemed to us. Several women whom we knew at home were pouring tea, and we met some nice English and American girls who are studying art and music, and the tea and buns brought to us by friendly hands made the simple afternoon tea take upon it something of the nature of a lovefeast, so warm and kindly ...
— In Chteau Land • Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
... never been to an afternoon tea like this before," Octavia said. "It is nothing like ...
— A Fair Barbarian • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... above all others, "such a comfort to her mother." She interviews the cook, she arranges the dinners, she devises light and favourite dishes to blunt the edge of paternal irritability by tickling the paternal palate, she writes out invitations, presides at the afternoon tea-table, and, in short, takes upon herself many of those smaller duties which are as last straws to the maternal back. Another becomes the sworn friend and ally of her brothers, whom she assists in their scrapes ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 6, 1890 • Various
... forgive me if I have not written lately; but we have been on a visit to the Duke and Duchess de Persigny for the past week. I did not have time to do more than dress for driving and drive, dress for afternoon tea, dress ...
— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone
... race we went to afternoon tea with their Excellencies. The room was full, but there were only one or two of us winners, when one of the A.D.C.s told His Excellency that the Duke of the Abruzzi was just outside and he had asked him to come in. In he came, with two of his staff, full of smiles, rushed towards His ...
— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon
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