 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
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 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 - 412 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 - 404 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... | |
 | 1835 - 542 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... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...ordered the delightful gardens of his castle to be thrown open, in which the most luscious frnits 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... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1850 - 300 pages
...with the most luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine as an agreeahle improvement, or a necessary ingredient, to his new...living.; and having once tasted it, he was tempted hy 'ittle and little to give loose to the excesses of ntoxication. His general simplicity of life was... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 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...autumns), and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to intro duce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855 - 190 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,...autumns,) and gratified his appetite with luxurious desserts. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 422 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... | |
 | Swan Sonnenschein (and co, ltd.) - 1884 - 234 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. 8. At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary... | |
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