 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1883 - 388 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, Shcnstone's lines:— ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,... | |
 | 1885 - 320 pagina’s
...mine ease in mine inn?"— Shakespeare. " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn."— Bomell't Life of Johnson. YE OLDE CHESHIRE CHEESE, WINE OFFICE COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON, BC Established... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pagina’s
...-- 1782. Gentle shepherd, tell me where. 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, Boswcll's Life, 1766. Archbishop Ix'ighton often said, that, if he were to choose a place... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 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 travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 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 : 1 By Dr. Evans.—Croker. " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 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 travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pagina’s
...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, 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 travefi'd life's dull ronnd, Where'er his stages may have been,... | |
 | 1885 - 184 pagina’s
...Water-passages, in his Workes and separately, in 4to. " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn." — Boswell's Johnson. TAYLOR'S FAREWELL to the Tower-Bottles, 8vo. Printed at Dort, 1622 The olde,... | |
 | James John Hissey - 1885 - 456 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.' This hostelrie seems to have been famous on the road for its good cheer, hospitality, wines, &c., to... | |
 | Agnes Catherine Maitland - 1885 - 302 pagina’s
...for me !' CHAPTER XI AT 'THE WHEAT SHEAF' THESE is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.—BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON. THAT was to be a day of discoveries. Adam Gair had had a long day... | |
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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. 
