Five o'clock tea" is a phrase our "rude forefathers," even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; and yet, so rapid is the March of the Mind, it has already risen into a national institution, and rivals, in its universal application to all ranks and ages, and as a specific for "all the ills that flesh is heir to," the glorious Magna Charta.


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (ed. Penguin UK, 2003) - ISBN: 9780141956732

Lewis Carroll Quotes

Five o'clock tea is a phrase our rude forefathers, even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; ...

Five o'clock tea is a phrase our rude forefathers, even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; ...

Five o'clock tea is a phrase our rude forefathers, even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; ...

Five o'clock tea is a phrase our rude forefathers, even of the last generation, would scarcely have understood, so completelyis it a thing of to-day; ...