As soon (said he) as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude : when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants :... Papers of the Manchester Literary Club - Page 27by Manchester Literary Club - 1884Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...assert, that a tavern chair ans tlu- throne of human felicity. ' As soon (said he) as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom from tolicitude : when I am seated, I find th master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call ;... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pages
...assert, that a tavern chair was the throne nf human felicity. ' As soon (said he) as I enter the door of M |* +o S ni= @j P ? #*^e ۡ r @| 4 p*Ǿ 8 P &} b...G r O H0 K q e ˓ X :i qf Y T r ʁm6ȕ n N aud sentiments I find delight.' " — BOSWEIO,. * We happened to lie this night at the inn at Henley,... | |
| James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity. * As soon,' said he, ' as 1 enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a...obsequious to my call ; anxious to know and ready to supply mv wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange... | |
| 1848 - 692 pages
...Johnson's words to Sir John Hawkins. "A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity: wine, at a tavern, exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation,...interchange of discourse with those whom I most love. 1 dogmatize and am contradicted ; and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight." Again,... | |
| James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...experience an oblivion of care, and freedom from solicitude. When seated, I find the master courteous, the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know, and ready to supply, my wants." I conclude this brief essay on the enjoyment of an inn, by the following appropriate lines : — Who'er... | |
| 1841 - 986 pages
...Johnson's exclaiming, " A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity. As soon as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a...and ready to supply my wants: wine there exhilarates mv spirits, and prompts me to free conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those whom I... | |
| James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...assert, that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity. ' As soon (said he) as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a...from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master coarterms, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants: wine... | |
| James Boswell - 1844 - 370 pages
...that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity. ' As soon,' said he, ' as 1 enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a...spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an ini _-rchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pages
...assert, that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity. 'As soon (said he) as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an oblivion of care, and a...interchange of discourse with those whom I most love ; I dogmatise, and am contradicted ; and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.' "... | |
| George Winfred Hervey - 1853 - 398 pages
...enjoyments to those which a tavern affords, he made the following confession : " As I enter the door of a tavern I experience an oblivion of care, and a freedom...to know and ready to supply my wants ; wine there exhilerates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those... | |
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