 | 1873 - 716 pagina’s
...speedily spread ; for is it not Dr. Samuel Johnson himself who lias, perhaps rather sweepingly aaid, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...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... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pagina’s
...things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate...great emotion Shenstone's lines : — "Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, "Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has fcmnd... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 pagina’s
...things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate...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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pagina’s
...St. 11. A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embry0. Ibid. St. 28. 1 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagina’s
...and so true. Jemmy Dawson. 1 Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. R. Gifford, Contemplation. 3 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. — Johnson, BorweWs L ife, 1766. Archbishop Leighton often said, that if he were to choose a place... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 pagina’s
...which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of immediate reward in proportion as they please. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...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... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1877 - 522 pagina’s
...style. RESTAURANT — the Tavern. " Sir," said Dr. Johnson to Boswell, " there is nothing which has been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern ;" and on the same occasion — the date is 1776 — expatiating " on the felicity of England in its... | |
 | William Walters - 1878 - 128 pagina’s
...in three words, — health, peace, and competence." And BOSWELL reports Dr. JOHNSON as saying that " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...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
...speedily spread ; for is it not Dr. Samuel Johnson himself who has, perhaps rather sweepingly said, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...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... | |
 | Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey - 1879 - 466 pagina’s
...themselves so well as at a capital tavern ; and no servants will attend you with the alacrity that waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward, in proportion as they please." ' When our fleets are detained for a lengthened period in remote foreign harbours, the energy and spirit... | |
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Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No... 
