“The Englishman without his tea fights only half-heartedly.”

— José Maria Eça de Queiroz, book Cartas de Inglaterra

O Inglês, sem chá, bate-se frouxamente.
"Afeganistão e Irlanda"; "Afghanistan and Ireland" p. 58.
Cartas de Inglaterra (1879–82)

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