 | Vanity church - 1861 - 372 páginas
...the more good things you call for, the more welcome you are. No, Sir, there is nothing which has as yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." — SAMUEL JOHNSON. ALMOST in the centre of the little town of Kirkham stands an inn called the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 páginas
...tavern chair was the throne of human felicity." " There is nothing," he affirmed, "which has been yet contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn;" — and then he repeated, " with great emotion," Shenstone's lines; " Whoe'er has travell'd life's... | |
 | Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1862 - 350 páginas
...In a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety — in a private house no servants will attend with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...an immediate reward in proportion as they please. The Doctor was wont to assert that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity, and often quoted... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 páginas
...former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. INN. — There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...much happiness is produced, as by a good "tavern or inn. BOSWELL'S Johnson, March, 1778. Shall I not take mine ease at mine inn ? SHAESPERE.— King Heury... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 páginas
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : — " Whoe'er has travell'd life's... | |
 | 1865 - 792 páginas
...more good things you call for. the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn ;' and Boswell quotes Sir John Hawkins as reporting Johnson thus : — ' As soon as I enter the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...St. 11. A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo. Ibid. St. 28. * There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, ns by a good tavern or inn. — JOHKSON. Boswelts Life, (1766.) Archbishop Leighton used often to say,... | |
 | John Greville Fennell - 1867 - 502 páginas
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." TOUBIST-ANGLElt'.S UL'IDE. 35 SHIPLAKE. Station Master, Mr. J. DAIOES. Distance from London,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. DR. JOHNSON. WHOE'ER has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 páginas
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. 12 THE MARRIED STATE. Marriage is the best state for man in general; and every man is a worse... | |
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No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. 
