 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.  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnsonпо Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1865 - 792 страници
...servants will attend you with the alacrity waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn ;' and Boswell quotes Sir John Hawkins as reporting Johnson thus : — ' As soon as I enter the door... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 страници
...St. 11. A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo. Ibid. St. 28. * There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, ns by a good tavern or inn. — JOHKSON. Boswelts Life, (1766.) Archbishop Leighton used often to say,... | |
 | John Greville Fennell - 1867 - 502 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...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." TOUBIST-ANGLElt'.S UL'IDE. 35 SHIPLAKE. Station Master, Mr. J. DAIOES. Distance from London, 333 milm.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 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...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. 12 THE MARRIED STATE. Marriage is the best state for man in general; and every man is a worse man,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 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...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. DR. JOHNSON. WHOE'ER has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to... | |
 | George Canning Hill - 1867 - 354 страници
...On the subject of inns, Dr. Johnson's dictum may be worth quoting again: — "No, sir," said he, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." And he was fond of repeating Shenstone's well-known lines in support of his sentiment : — " Whoe'er... | |
 | George Canning Hill - 1867 - 354 страници
...On the subject of inns, Dr. Johnson's dictum may be worth quoting again : — " No, sir," said he, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." And he was fond of repeating Shenstone's well-known lines in support of his sentiment : — " Whoe'er... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 284 страници
...he has deserved it, and been thereby rewarded. Boswell, in writing to Dr. Johnson, in 1776, says, " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn." It would really appear that " There is no new thing under the sun." Boswell wrote his remarks nearly... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 страници
...And there a chancellor in embryo. Ibid. St. 2&. 1 There is nothing which has yet been contrived by mm by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. — Johnson, Boswelfs Lift, 1766. Archbishop Leighton often said, that if he were to choose a place... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 страници
...\. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed. Ibid. Part ii. * There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn. — JOHNSON. Barnett's Life (1766). Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose... | |
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