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  2. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip - Wikipedia

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    There is a reference to the many things that can intervene between cup and lip already in an iambic verse by Lycophron (3rd century BC). [citation needed] Erasmus noted in his Adagia that the Greek and Latin versions of the proverb had been recorded by the Carthaginian grammarian Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd century C.E.), as quoted in Aulus Gellius's Attic Nights: [1] " πολλὰ ...

  3. Society (play) - Wikipedia

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    Together, Robertson and the Bancrofts are considered to have instigated a new form of drama known as 'drawing-room comedy' or 'cup and saucer drama', so-named because real cups and saucers were used as props. The Bancrofts gave Robertson an unprecedented amount of directorial control over his plays, which was a key step to institutionalising ...

  4. Cups and Saucers - Wikipedia

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    Cups and Saucers is a one-act "satirical musical sketch" written and composed by George Grossmith. The piece pokes fun at the china collecting craze of the later Victorian era, which was part of the Aesthetic movement later satirised in Patience and The Colonel. The story of the sketch involves an engaged man and woman who each schemes to sell ...

  5. Tea in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Britons also hold opinions as to the proper manner in which to drink tea when using a cup and saucer. [83] Historically, during the 1770s and 1780s, it was fashionable to drink tea from saucers. Saucers were deeper than is the current fashion, and therefore more similar to bowls like their Chinese antecedents. [84]

  6. String figure - Wikipedia

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    The "cup and saucer" begins with opening A, and step 3 (illustrated) is a Navajo. [19] Anatomical string figure locations, both hand. Labels indicate string/loop location (near/far, below/above, between hands, back of hand/(palm side)) unambiguously. Heraklas' "Plinthios Brokhos" made in a doubled cord. Resembles "A Hole in the Tree" with ...

  7. Squire Bancroft - Wikipedia

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    Together, Robertson and the Bancrofts are considered to have instigated a new form of drama known as "drawing-room comedy" or "cup and saucer drama". [5] The Bancrofts gave Robertson an unprecedented amount of directorial control over his plays, which was a key step to institutionalizing the power that directors wield in the theatre today. [6]

  8. Emma Sheppard - Wikipedia

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    She advocates small changes to the regime that would enhance the life of the inmates: provision of a cup-and-saucer rather than 'one tin, which looks more fit for my dog to drink its water from'; more solid fuel than the gruel offered; above all, that the inmates be allowed out into the garden every day, and now and then allowed 'outside the ...

  9. Le Déjeuner en fourrure - Wikipedia

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    Object ("The Luncheon in Fur"), known in English as Fur Breakfast or Breakfast in Fur, is a 1936 sculpture by the surrealist Méret Oppenheim, consisting of a fur-covered teacup, saucer and spoon. The work, which originated in a conversation in a Paris cafe, is the most frequently-cited example of sculpture in the surrealist movement.