 | Peter Beckford - 1805 - 472 pages
...usual to go to bed immediately after.. JOHNSON, who was not partial to the Scotch, ' used to say, that if an epicure could remove by a wish in quest of sensual gratifications, he would breakfast in Scotland. — If breakfast was that gentleman's favorite meal, he did well not... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 pages
...the breakfast ; a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. The tea and coffee are accompanied not...found it not very easy to endure. They pollute the tea. table by plates piled with large slices of Cheshire cheese, which mingles its less graceful odours... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 pages
...the breakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the low1 lands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. The tea and coffee are accompanied not...epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications^wherever he had supped, he would breakfast in Scotland. In the islands, however, they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 444 pages
...expected the breakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. The tea and coffee are accompanied not...gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast io Scotland. In the islands, however, they do what I found it not very easy to endure. They pollute... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 438 pages
...expected the breakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. The tea and coffee are accompanied not...butter, but with honey, conserves, and marmalades. If anepicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...expected the breakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. The tea and coffee, are accompanied not...gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast iu Scotland. In the islands, however, they do what I found it not very easy to endure. They pollute... | |
 | John Mayne - 1836 - 286 pages
...the hreakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, excel the English. If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratification, wherever he had snpped, he would breakfast in Scotland." STANZA XVI.— LINE 4. Gley'd... | |
 | John Mayne - 1836 - 294 pages
...the breakfast, a meal in which the Scots, whether of the lowlands or mountains, excel the English. If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratification, wherever he had supped, he would breakfast in Scotland." STANZA XVI.— LINE 4. Gley'd... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 400 pages
...was a meal in which the Scots, whether of the Lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. If an epicure could remove by a wish in quest of sensual...wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland." Dinner, however, was the chief meal with JOHNSON, and with him it was a serious business. "Sir," said... | |
 | James Hay - 1884 - 376 pages
...a meal in which the Scots, whether of the Lowlands or mountains, must be confessed to excel us. li an epicure could remove by a wish in quest of sensual...wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland." Dinner, however, was the chief meal with JOHNSON, and with him it was a serious business. "Sir," said... | |
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If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland. 
