 | 1906 - 786 pagina’s
...follows : " OHIO. " ' A Tavern Chair is the throne of human felicity.' " ' There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern.' " First mention of the Bunch of Grapes, 1711 : " ' Mr. Francis Holmes be allowed eight pounds in consideration... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 638 pagina’s
...island of Mull, and Blenheim Park." We dined at an excellent inn at Chapel House, where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns,...he) in which people can enjoy themselves so well as in a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 634 pagina’s
...island of Mull, and Blenheim Park." We dined at an excellent inn at Chapel House, where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns,...having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no-private house (said he) in which people can enjoy themselves so well as in a capital tavern. Let... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1907 - 498 pagina’s
...the buildings And then return, and sleep within mine inn." COMEDY OF ERRORS. HERE is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. . . . At a tavern there is general freedom from anxiety ; you are sure you are welcome . . . and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...island of Mull, and Blenheim-park." We dined at an excellent inn at Chapel-house, where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns,...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1909 - 392 pagina’s
...years or more ago, Dr. Johnson, at Chapel House, expatiated to Boswell " on the felicity of England in taverns and inns, and triumphed over the French for not having in any perfection the tavern life." He dwelt on the independence of the place, the alacrity of the attendance, the oblivion of care and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pagina’s
...island of Mull, and Blenheim park. ' ' We dined at an excellent inn at Chapel-house, where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns,...much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desife that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be ; there must always be... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 pagina’s
...excellent inn at Chapel-house, where he expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns.... 'There is no private house, (said he,) in which people...enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern.... The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable... | |
 | Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1919 - 442 pagina’s
...used to thank his lucky stars that his native land triumphed over the French in her inns and taverns? "There is no private house," said he, "in which people...can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. . . . The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests — the guests are anxious to be agreeable... | |
 | William Harrison Ukers - 1922 - 878 pagina’s
...that the English triumphed over the French in one respect, in that the French had no perfection of tavern life. There is no private house, (said he)...so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever «o great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire... | |
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There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever [so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that... 
