 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pagine
...former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. INN. — There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...much happiness is produced, as by a good "tavern or inn. BOSWELL'S Johnson, March, 1778. Shall I not take mine ease at mine inn ? SHAESPERE.— King Heury... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pagine
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much 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... | |
 | 1865 - 792 pagine
...more good things you call for. the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagine
...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 pagine
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much 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,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pagine
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 pagine
...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...much 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... | |
 | George Canning Hill - 1867 - 354 pagine
...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,...much 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 : — "... | |
 | George Canning Hill - 1867 - 354 pagine
...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,...much 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 : — "... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 284 pagine
...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...much 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... | |
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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. 
