| 1828 - 658 pages
...natter their host, and have not the genius to pay him an original compliment. ' Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been...he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn.' At an inn atTauuton, in Somersetshire, where these lines were inscribed on the window, an equally experienced... | |
| John Selden - 1818 - 678 pages
...Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, • ' " Where'er his stages may have been,. . i .. /.' " May sigh to think he still has found , .-.,.. " The warmest welcome at an inn." * Sir John Hawkins (says Mr. B.) has preserved very few Memorabilia of Johnson. There is, however,... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 542 pages
...Shenstono's lines : " Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may hare been, " May sigh to think he still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn. * . My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 382 pages
...produced as by a good tavern or inn."* He then repeated, with great emotion, Shenstone's lines — " Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, ; May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn." Another time, at supper, he... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 378 pages
...Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn." 3 My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant... | |
| 1821 - 372 pages
...produced as by a good tavern or inn."* He then repeated, with great emotion, Sheustone's lines — «« Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been. May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn." Another time, at supper, he talked... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 480 pages
...Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has iravell'd life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may have been, " May sigh to think he still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn." 6 My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and elegant... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...freedom at an Inn. Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn, A SIMILE. WHAT village but has sometimes seen The clumsy shape, the frightful mien, Tremendous claws,... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 222 pages
...lips of JOHNSON, " Who that has travell-d life-s dull round, Where-er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an Inn." It may be worth while here to mention the very singular but holy desire of ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON. He... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 472 pages
...Shenstone's lines : " Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, " Where'er his stages may have been, " May sigh to think he still has found " The warmest welcome at an inn."s My illustrious friend, I thought, did not sufficiently admire Shenstone. That ingenious and... | |
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