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If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.— Buridan's Ass
A tempest in a teapot was the consequence.— Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
When these refused, it seemed that this tempest in a teapot was about to become a grave matter of state.— Expansion and Conflict
To the outside world, however, the teapot was her weapon and shield.— The Garret and the Garden
Needless to say the teapot was an indispensable adjunct, and some of the teapots belonging to the old sets are massive and gorgeous, rather than beautiful, although the earlier teapots made in this country in the eighteenth century, a time when tea was expensive and a real luxury, were quite small.— Chats on Household Curios
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