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Another Novelty Is The Tea-party, An Extraordinary Meal In That, Being Offered To Persons That Have Already Dined Well, It Supposes Neither Appetite Nor Thirst, And Has No Object But Distraction, No Basis But Delicate Enjoyment.

If One Swallows A Cup Of Chocolate Only Three Hours After A Copious Lunch, Everything Will Be Perfectly Digested And There Will Still Be Room For Dinner.

I Will Only Observe, That That Ethereal Sense - Sight, And Touch, Which Is At The Other Extremity Of The Scale, Have From Time Acquired A Very Remarkable Additional Power.

To Claim That Wines Should Not Be Changed Is A Heresy; The Palate Becomes Saturated And After The Third Glass The Best Of Wines Arouses Nothing But An Obscure Sensation.

L'alcool Est Le Monarque Des Liquides, Et Porte Au Dernier Degre L'exaltation Palatale. Alcohol Is The Prince Of Liquids, And Carries The Palate To Its Highest Pitch Of Exaltation.