..." Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, • ' " Where'er his stages may have been,. . i .. /.' " May sigh to think he still has found , .-.,.. " The warmest welcome at an inn." * Sir John Hawkins (says Mr. B.) has preserved very few Memorabilia of Johnson. There is, however,...

...original compliment. ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been ; Must sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn.' At an inn atTauuton, in Somersetshire, where these lines were inscribed on the window, an equally experienced...

...tavern or inn."* He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er "his stages may have been,...still has found • The warmest welcome at an inn." Another time, at supper, he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," * Sir...

...the 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...he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn." 3 My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant...

...tavern or inn."* He then repeated, with great emotion, Sheustone's lines — «« Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been....he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn." Another time, at supper, he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," * Sir...

...has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." 5 He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's...think he still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn."s My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and...

...lackeys else might hope to win ; It buys, what courts have not in store, It buys me freedom at an Inn. Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er...he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn, A SIMILE. WHAT village but has sometimes seen The clumsy shape, the frightful mien, Tremendous claws,...

...tavern or inn." s He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has iravell'd life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may have...still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn." 6 My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant...

...SHEXSTONE'S melancholy .stanza, which frequently was on the lips of JOHNSON, " Who that has travell-d life-s dull round, Where-er his stages may have been, May...he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn." It may be worth while here to mention the very singular but holy desire of ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON. He...

...original compliment. " Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have heen, Must sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn." Another traveller, anxious to display his talents as a linquist, wrote the following impromptu, in...