 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1872 - 536 страници
...Sir," remarked Dr. Johnson to Mr. Boswell, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, hy which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, we are told, Shenstone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled life's... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 страници
...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...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. ' He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : * Whoe'er has traveU'd life's dull round.... | |
 | 1873 - 716 страници
...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... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 482 страници
...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...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 - 484 страници
...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...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,... | |
 | 1874 - 588 страници
...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...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 страници
...you call for, the welcomeryou are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward,...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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
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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. 
