. Über dem schwarzen Kaffee . Thatthe Kräfte eines mans Geist wouldgenerally gefunden werden, um propor-tional zu der Menge der stimu-lant, die er trank. Cowper paysa Hommage an Tee in der Aufgabe, wenn er sagt, die Tasse, die anfeuert, aber nicht beraubt. Er war sehr von dem chinesischen Getränk liebten. Aber der König der Teetrinker war SamuelJohnson. Bei einer Gelegenheit SirJoshua Eeynolds erinnerte den großen Mann, dass er elf Tassen Tee getrunken hatte, worauf Johnson widerrief:U Sir, ich zählte nicht Ihre Gläser Wein; warum, dann sollten Sie num-ber meine Tassen Tee ? – Antworten. 95 ÜBER DEM SCHWARZEN KAFFEE LONDON COFFEEHOUSEANECD

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. Over the black coffee . thatthe powers of a mans mind wouldgenerally be found to be propor-tional to the quantity of that stimu-lant which he drank. Cowper paysa tribute to tea in the Task, whenhe says the cup that cheers butnot inebriates. He was very fondof the Chinese beverage. But theking of tea drinkers was SamuelJohnson. On one occasion SirJoshua Eeynolds reminded the greatman that he had drunk eleven cupsof tea, whereupon Johnson retorted:u Sir, I did not count your glassesof wine; why, then, should you num-ber my cups of tea ?—Answers. 95 OVER THE BLACK COFFEE LONDON COFFEEHOUSEANECDOTES. BYDEN, as has alreadybeen noted, was thebright particular starof Wills V called thefather of all presentclubs. It was locatedon the northwest cor-ner of Eussell and BowStreets, and during its existencewas the favorite resort of poets, wits, and men about town. Dryden was a Londoner to thebackbone, and though he wouldsometimes talk grandly about hissummer and winter seats, a closeracquaintance with the great man 96. OVER THE BLACK COFFEE would merely resolve it into awhimsical reference to his arm-chair, which in winter had its set-tled place by the fireside, and insummer stood on the balcony.Among the frequenters of Willssat that period, 1710, were JohnGay, who wrote the . BeggarsOpera ; Samuel Pepys, the Diarist;and Alexander Pope, who describedDryden as a plump, taciturn man, with a fresh color and a down look.At Buttons Coffee-house Addi-son reigned supreme. Button hadbeen a servant in the Countess ofWarwicks family, and when Addi-son married the Countess in 1716, he took her protege under his wing.There were times, however, whenAddison and his wife did not alwaysagree. They had quarrels, and 97 OVER THE BLACK COFFEE whenever these occurred Addisonreligiously absented himself fromButtons, and did not return untilpeace was once more restored inthe family. Addison evidently felt more athis ease in a coffee-house than in adrawing-room, and his picture ofSir Koger de Ooverl

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