 ... everybody 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...  Table-talk on Books, Men, and Manners - Page 40edited by - 1853 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 pages
...: and in confirmation of what we asserted in the letter that opened our correspondence — • * " Let there be ever so great plenty of good things,...grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire'," says our Doctor, " that every one should be easy in a private house, in the nature of things it cannot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...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...Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever,so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy; in... | |
 | Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...Where'er his various tour has been, May sigh to think how oft he found His warmest welcome — at an Inn. LET there be ever so great plenty of good things,...ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every one should be easy in a private house, in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always be some... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...ever eo much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever eo much desire that every body should he ea->y ; in the nature of things it cannot be: there must always...some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the bouse is anxious to entertain his guests; the guests are anxious to be" agreeable to him ; an 1 no... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...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...ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandenr, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...the tavern life. There it no private hoi^e, (said he,) in which people can enjoy themselves so wtH as at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great...plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so nr-ch elegance, ever so much desire that every body »honld be easy; in the nature of things it Cannot... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...tavern life. " There is no private house," said he, " in which people can enjoy themselves so well an at a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandenr, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 472 pages
...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...of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegante, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - Table-talk - 1825 - 370 pages
...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...there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever ao much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that every body should be easy ; in the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 576 pages
...tavern -life. " There is no private house (said he) in which people can enjoy themselves so well as in a capital tavern. Let there be ever so great plenty...in the nature of things it cannot be : there must "I**** be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests;... | |
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