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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the ... - Page 198
by James Boswell - 1858
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Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...tavern- there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are fure you are weleome ; and the more noife you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the weleomer yon are. No fervants will attend you with the alaerity which waiters do, who are incited by...
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Gleanings in England, Volume 2

Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, Sir; then: is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by...
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The New England Quarterly Magazine, Volume 1

1802 - 314 pages
...tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are fure you are welcome ; and the more noife you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No ftrvants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the profpect of an...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are...for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend yon with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion...
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Selection of Poems ...

Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas at a Tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are ture vou are welcome : and the mure noise y»u make, the more trouble you give, the more 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...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own : whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are...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...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1820 - 550 pages
...ag if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are »ure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the...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...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own : whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more tronble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servant will attend you...
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The British Prose Writers, Volume 16

British prose literature - 1821 - 372 pages
...freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own : whereas, at a tavern, there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are...trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcouier you are. No servant will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by...
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