| 1833 - 348 Seiten
...welcomer you arc. No servant will attend you with the alacrity with which waiters do, who are incited hy the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion...they please. No, sir, there is nothing which has yet heen contrived hy man, hy which so much happiness is produced as hy a good tavern or inn. — JohntonWOMEN... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 590 Seiten
...the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which [By Doctor Evans.— ED.] waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a pood tavern or inn '." He then repeated, with great emotion,. Shenstone's lines: . " Whoe'er has travell'd... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 Seiten
...the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which [By Doctor Evana — EP.] waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a jjood tavern or inn 1." He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines: " Whoe'er has travell'd... | |
| 1894 - 854 Seiten
...Taking up his abode in one of these, he can almost agree with Dr. Johnsou's enthusiastic remark that " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." The outlook is in keeping with the interior. From his dinnertable the visitor can look across the verdant... | |
| Richard Ford - 1846 - 360 Seiten
...agree oftener with dear Dr. Johnson's speech to his squire Boswell, " Sir, there is nothing which has been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern." Spain offers many negative arguments of the truth of our great moralist and eater's reflection ; the... | |
| Richard Ford - 1847 - 686 Seiten
...agree oftener with dear Dr. Johnson's speech to his squire Boswell, " Sir, there is nothing which has been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern/' Spain offers many negative arguments of the truth of our great moralist and eater's reflection ; the... | |
| Richard Ford - 1847 - 202 Seiten
...agree oftener with dear Dr. Johnson's speech to his squire Boswell, ': Sir, there is nothing which has been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern." Spain offers many negative arguments of the truth of our great moralist and eater's reflection; the... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 Seiten
...make, the more 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,...happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn." Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an... | |
| James Boswell - 1851 - 326 Seiten
...more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity...happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." 1 He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round,... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 Seiten
...more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity...; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by men, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.' lie then repeated with great... | |
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