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" ... 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 very impudent dog indeed can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his... "
Doctor Johnson: His Life, Works & Table Talk - Σελίδα 109
των James Macaulay - 1884 - 156 σελίδες
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History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta ...

Gordon Willoughby James Gyll - 1862 - 350 σελίδες
...In a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety — in a private house no servants will attend with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited...an immediate reward in proportion as they please. The Doctor was wont to assert that a tavern chair was the throne of human felicity, and often quoted...

Meliora, Τόμοι 7-8

1865 - 792 σελίδες
...those of France. Guests at private houses must always experience 'some degree of eare and anxiety; whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from...anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more mise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for. the welcomer you are....

Extracts from English Literature

John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 σελίδες
...but a very imprudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own : whereas at a tavern, there is a general...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate...

Scribners Monthly, Τόμος 6

1873 - 860 σελίδες
...but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern there is a general freedom...sure you are welcome, and the more noise you make and the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants...

Appletons' Journal, Τόμος 3

1877 - 602 σελίδες
...dog, indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own — whereas in a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome, and the more good things you call for the welcomer you are. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 σελίδες
...¿ tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety, j You are sure you are welcome ; and the in< .re noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more...welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with thi alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion...

The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 σελίδες
...but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomeryou are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by...

The life of Samuel Johnson ... together with A journal of a tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1874 - 584 σελίδες
...but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomeryou are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by...

Wisdom and Genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: Selected from His Prose Writings

Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 σελίδες
...man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another's house as if it were his own : whereas, at a tavern, there is a general...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of immediate...

Recreations of a Literary Man: Or, Does Writing Pay?

Percy Fitzgerald - 1883 - 388 σελίδες
...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....the more good things you call for, the welcomer you arc. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do who are incited by the prospect...




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