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" 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 dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern,... "
The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Page 469
by James Boswell - 1807
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Forgotten Lyrics of the Eighteenth Century

Oswald Doughty - English poetry - 1924 - 222 pages
...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...you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by...
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The Dartmouth, Volume 1

1867 - 420 pages
...a certain degree of restraint in a private house. The host is anxious to entertain his guests, the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him, and no...impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is another's, as if it were his own. Whereas, in a tavern there is a general freedom from restraint. You...
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All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle ...

Stephen Mennell - Cooking - 1996 - 412 pages
...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...there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure of a welcome; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give the more good things you call...
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Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth Century ...

Peter Thompson - History - 1999 - 280 pages
...guest in a private home: "The master of the [private] house is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him; and no...general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are weleome: and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for,...
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Everyone Comes to Elaine's: Forty Years of Movie Stars, All-Stars, Literary ...

A. E. Hotchner - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 266 pages
...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...from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome; and the mare noise you make the mare trouble you give, the mare things you call far, the welcomer you are....
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Hospitality: A Social Lens

Conrad Lashley, Paul Lynch, Alison J. Morrison - Culture and tourism - 2007 - 218 pages
...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...there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure of a welcome; and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call...
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Spink & Son's Monthly Numismatic Circular, Volumes 30-32

Coins - 1922 - 950 pages
...is well known "The Master of the (private) house" says he, "is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him and no man...another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas ata tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome and the more noise...
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All the Year Round

1890 - 774 pages
...is no private house," he once argued, " at which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. There is a general freedom from anxiety. You...welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more trouble yon give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with...
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The Journal of American History, Volumes 22-23

Francis Trevelyan Miller - United States - 1928 - 660 pages
...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 dog indeed, can freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern there is...
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