 At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary ingredient, to his new way of living ; and having once tasted it, he was tempted, by little and little, to give a loose to the excesses of intoxication. His...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 381by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...ordered 'the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | 1819 - 186 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his palace to be thrown open, (in which, the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...expedient to introduce wine as an agreeable improvement, «»ra necessary ingredient, to his new way of living: and having once tasted it, he was tempted by... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement ; or a necessary... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 582 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 378 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement; or a necessary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 548 pages
...unobserved and untouched, for many revolving autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or necessary ingredient, to his new way of living; and having once tasted it, he was tempted, by little... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious fruits had been suffered to ripen and decay, unobserved and untouched,...autumns, and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
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