No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn. Johnsoniana.. - Page 89by James Boswell - 1820 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...conclude this brief essay on the enjoyment of an inn, by the following appropriate lines : — Who'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still hag found, His warmest welcome at an Inn. Yet, as there is no general rule without an exception, I... | |
| Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1891 - 1154 pages
...discomforts was the roadside inn, which, more often than otherwise, was clean, warm, and comfortable. Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er...may have been, May sigh to think he still has found These miserable and dangerous roads, the ruts often by measurement four feet deep, with the wrecks... | |
| Caricatures and cartoons - 1882 - 324 pages
...consented to take a Benefit, &c., &o. &c. ! &o. ! &c. ! LAYS OF A LAZY MINSTREL. A RIVERAIN RHYME. Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round — Where'er his stages may have been — May sigh to think thit he has found Ilia wettest weather at an inn. SHENSTONB. Edited by the Lazy One. BESIDE the river... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1844 - 370 pages
...the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found... | |
| American periodicals - 1872 - 862 pages
...archway of the " Red Lion." " No, Sir," remarked Dr. Johnson to Mr. Boswell, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness...tavern or inn." He then repeated, with great emotion, we are told, Sheiij tone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled life'e dull round, Where'er his stages... | |
| Literature - 1921 - 864 pages
...tells us, that Shenstone scratched on a window pane his eulogy of inns in general: Whoe'er has traveled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found His warmest welcome at an inn. The 'Lion' has been much altered of late years; one can no longer drive... | |
| Richard Ford - Spain - 1846 - 360 pages
...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... | |
| James Thorne - Thames River (England) - 1847 - 480 pages
...the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...great emotion Shenstone's lines : — ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think be still lias found... | |
| Richard Ford - Spain - 1847 - 202 pages
...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... | |
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