 ... should be easy, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent...  Rambles by Rivers: The Thames - Seite 159von James Thorne - 1847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 Seiten
...: and in confirmation of what we asserted in the letter that opened our correspondence — • * " Let there be ever so great plenty of good things,...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire'," says our Doctor, " that every one should be easy in a private house, in the nature of things it cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...the French for not having, in any perfection, the tavemlife. " There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy; in the .nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 Seiten
...French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life.— ." There is no private house (said he) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever,so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy; in... | |
 | 1808 - 506 Seiten
...Where'er his various tour has been, May sigh to think how oft he found His warmest welcome — at an Inn. LET there be ever so great plenty of good things,...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every one should be easy in a private house, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 Seiten
...French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no private house," said he, " in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandenr, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 Seiten
...the tavern life. There it no private hoi^e, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so wtH as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great...plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so nr-ch elegance, ever so much desire that every body »honld be easy; in the nature of things it Cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 Seiten
...tavern life. " There is no private house," said he, " in which people can enjoy themselves so well an at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandenr, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 378 Seiten
...the French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no private house (said he), in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegante, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be... | |
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