| John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 Seiten
...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... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...\. 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,...much 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... | |
| 1873 - 860 Seiten
...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." Boswell adds, that Johnson then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : — " Whoe'er... | |
| 1876 - 938 Seiten
...his rapid and magnificent mouthfuls of fish-sauce and veal-pie with plums, " There is nothing, sir, which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn"? If he said it behind the screen at St. John's Gate, or outside the eating-house window in Porridge... | |
| 1875 - 438 Seiten
...dramatists, and even the moralists, speak in the same way. Johnson says: "There is nothing which has been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." Archbishop Leighton said, if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn. The gentle... | |
| 1871 - 692 Seiten
...longing glances ahead in search of an eligible tavern, for I thoroughly agree with Dr. Johnson that "there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much [MAR. happiness is produced as by a good tavern." I had come up with a thumping lout of a young peasant,... | |
| 1877 - 602 Seiten
...anxiety. You are sure you are welcome, and the more good things you call for the welcomer you are. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." The old " Thunderer " was not backward in putting his maxims into practice, and passed many genial... | |
| 1872 - 830 Seiten
...right drove into the archway of the " Red Lion." " No, sir," remarked Dr. Johnson to Mr. Boswell, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, we are told, Shentone's lines — " Whoe'er has traveled... | |
| 1872 - 836 Seiten
...right drove into the archway of the " Red Lion." " No, Sir," remarked Dr. Johnson to Mr. Boswell, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man,...much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, we are told, Shenstone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1872 - 536 Seiten
...Sir," remarked Dr. Johnson to Mr. Boswell, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, hy which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, we are told, Shenstone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled... | |
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