 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1880 - 730 pagina’s
...IN one of his oracular and 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
...and so true. Jemmy Dawson. 1 Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things. R. Gifford, Contemplation, 2 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...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... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1883 - 388 pagina’s
...things you call for, the welcomer you arc. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do who are incited by the prospect of an immediate...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
...2Q, BOTJ-yiBIRIIE! ST., FULEET ST., EO " Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?"— Shakespeare. " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...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
...of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. Ibid. There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. An. 177G. All this (wealth) excludes but one evil, — poverty. An. 1777. Claret is the liquor for... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant 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 found... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 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...with 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 found... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 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...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 stages may have... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 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 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... | |
 | Arthur Dudley Pierce - 1960 - 352 pagina’s
...Lee's courtern in recent years. martial was planned, still an inn. VII CRADLES OF REVOLT: THE TAVERNS "There is nothing which has yet been contrived by...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn," declared the eminent Samuel Johnson. It is a good guess that he soon qualified that opinion. For the... | |
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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... 
