 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagina’s
...there a chancellor in embry0. Ibid. St. 28. 1 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. — Johnson, Bosweirs Life, 1766. Archbishop Leighton often said, that if he were to choose a place... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pagina’s
...reward in proportion as they please. 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." In the afternoon, as they were being whirled rapidly along in the chaise, Johnson exclaimed with fervour,... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 pagina’s
...reward in proportion as they please. 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." In the afternoon, as they were being whirled rapidly along in the chaise, Johnson exclaimed with fervour,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pagina’s
...immediate reward in proportion as they please. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity. As soon as I enter the door of a tavern I experience... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagina’s
...paved with good intentions.1 Ibid. An. 1775. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. ibid. An. 1776. All this (wealth) excludes but one evil — poverty. itid. An. 1777. Claret is the... | |
 | William Walters - 1878 - 128 pagina’s
...BOSWELL reports Dr. JOHNSON as saying that " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." But I must not attempt to enumerate the several opinions of men on this subject. What is of more importance,... | |
 | Henry Scadding - 1878 - 652 pagina’s
...who has, perhaps rather sweepingly said, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." Where a long slope towards the north begins soon after Finch's a village entitled Dundurn was once... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 pagina’s
...reward in proportion as they please. 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." He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines: "Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1880 - 730 pagina’s
...sententious utterances, Dr. Johnson declared that " there is nothing that has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." But, inasmuch as Boswell tells us that this opinion was pronounced just after the great doctor had... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 pagina’s
...vicissitudes of things. R. Gifford, Contemplation, 2 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.—Johnson, Boswelfs Lif,, 1766. Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of... | |
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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. 
