 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 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. 12 THE MARRIED STATE. Marriage is the best state for man in general; and every man is a worse man,... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 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. DR. JOHNSON. WHOE'ER has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to... | |
 | John Greville Fennell - Fishing - 1867 - 502 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." TOUBIST-ANGLElt'.S UL'IDE. 35 SHIPLAKE. Station Master, Mr. J. DAIOES. Distance from London, 333 milm.... | |
 | George Canning Hill - Country life - 1867 - 354 pages
...Dr. Johnson's dictum may be worth quoting again : — " No, sir," said he, " there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." And he was fond of repeating Shenstone's well-known lines in support of his sentiment : — " Whoe'er... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 380 pages
...thick or thin, Secure to meet, at close of day, With kind reception at an Inn. Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think how oft he found The warmest welcome — at an Inn. William Shenstone. CLVIIL As t'other day o'er the... | |
 | Book - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1868 - 284 pages
...1 — a capital fellow, John Smith. — "Well, he might have written thus, " There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern or inn," particularly when it is kept by a man like Mr. , our Host. That John Smith might have added. Now there... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...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 place... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...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, by which so 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 choose... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
...Ho repeated, "with much feeling," it is recorded, tho lines from Shenstone : "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." These trifles shew tho mood of mind in which our travelers went on... | |
 | Literature - 1876 - 938 pages
...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... | |
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