 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
 | Richard Ford - 1847 - 686 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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 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 is produced, as by a good tavern or inn." Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an... | |
 | Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1859 - 872 pages
...beautiful lines written by him in the inn at Henley, and repeated with emotion by Dr. Johnson: — " Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think that he has found Hia warmest welcome at an inn." I don't say this, gentlemen. It is, I suspect, a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 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 good tavern or inn." 1 He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round,... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 248 pages
...reward in proportion as they please. No, sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by men, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good...great emotion Shenstone's lines : " ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, X May sigh to ttiink he still has found... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by men, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good...great emotion Shenstone's lines : •" " ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may hare been, May sigh to think he still has found... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by men, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.' lie then repeated with great emotion Shenstone's lines : " ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...good tavern or inn.' He then repeated 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 atill has found His warmest welcome at an inn.' "* Johnson was so fond of this little poem, that Miss... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1852 - 782 pages
...win ; It buys, what courts have not in store, It buys me freedom at an inn. " Whoe'er has traveli'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think be still has found The warmest welcome at an inn." The statement of Mr. Graves, that the lines were... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 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 is produced, as by a good tavern or inn." Archbishop Leighton used often to say, that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an... | |
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