 ... should be easy, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent...  Rambles by Rivers: The Thames - 第159页作者：James Thorne - 1847全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | 1905 - 408 页
...trust. Sir Walter Scott. (" The Pirate."} Dr. Johnson's Tavern Wisdom ooo ' I "'HERE is no private house in which people can -*- enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. ..." No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is... | |
 | Herbert Arthur Evans - 1905 - 438 页
...the French for not having in any perfection the tavern life. ' There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. . . you are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more... | |
 | 1906 - 786 页
...follows : " OHIO. " ' A Tavern Chair is the throne of human felicity.' " ' There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern.' " First mention of the Bunch of Grapes, 1711 : " ' Mr. Francis Holmes be allowed eight pounds in consideration... | |
 | William Outram Tristram - 1906 - 414 页
...Oxfordshire, on the Birmingham Road, that he gave vent to the profoundity— "there is no place," he said, "at which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern like this. Let there be ever so great a plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1907 - 498 页
...the buildings And then return, and sleep within mine inn." COMEDY OF ERRORS. HERE is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. . . . At a tavern there is general freedom from anxiety ; you are sure you are welcome . . . and the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. " There is no private house," said he, " in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some degree of... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 页
...the French for not having, in any perfection, the tavern life. "There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at...much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desife that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be ; there must always be... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 页
...expatiated on the felicity of England in its taverns and inns.... 'There is no private house, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern.... The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable... | |
 | Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1919 - 442 页
...native land triumphed over the French in her inns and taverns? "There is no private house," said he, "in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern. . . . The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests — the guests are anxious to be agreeable... | |
 | William Harrison Ukers - 1922 - 878 页
...respect, in that the French had no perfection of tavern life. There is no private house, (said he) in which people can enjoy themselves so well, as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever «o great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire... | |
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