| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn *". He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's...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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...good tavern or inn."5 He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines: " Whoe'er ha^travell'd life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may have...think he still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn."0 My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 526 pages
...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...life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may have been, 1 Sir John Hawkins has preserved very few Memorabilia of John,on. There is, however, to be found, in... | |
| William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...lackeys eke 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...think 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... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...lacqueys 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...think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. THE JUDGMENT OF HERCULES. WHILE blooming spring descends from genial skies, By whose mild influence... | |
| Piomingo - 1810 - 326 pages
...life, a kind of stranger on the. earth, and will feel inclined to exclaim, with the amiable Shenstone, Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er...think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. frank. A savage life was the object of Johnson's unconquerable aversion. Piomingo. Johnson was... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...lacqueys 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...think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. A SIMILE. WHAT village bnt has sometimes teen The clumsy shape, the frightful mien, Tremendous... | |
| Piomingo - 1810 - 328 pages
...life, a kind of stranger on the earth, and will feel inclined to exclaim, with the amiable Shenstone, Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sig-h to think he slill has found The warmest welcome at an inn. Frank. A savi.ge life was the object of Johnson's unconquerable... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1811 - 456 pages
...scribbled on inn windows: Whoe'er has travelled 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. The following parody is written beneath the above lines, at an inn in the West: Whoe'er has travelled... | |
| William Mudford - 1812 - 412 pages
...would he have told the melancholy truth which the following stanza contains : Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been,...think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. The wretched accommodations of the posadas is well known to all who have read the accounts of... | |
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