 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 страници
...boasted of the superiority, long since vanished if it ever existed, of English to French inns, and quoted with great emotion Shenstone's lines — Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er hig stages may have been, Must sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. As they... | |
 | 1879 - 348 страници
...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, sir, there...travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have heen, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn."—Boswell. In contradiction... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1880 - 730 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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, sir; there...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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, sir, there...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 страници
...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, Sir ; there...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... | |
 | Arthur Dudley Pierce - 1960 - 352 страници
...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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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. 
