 the servants obsequious to my call ; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most love : I dogmatise and am contradicted, and...  Johnsonian Miscellanies - Page 110publié par - 1897Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know,...conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those whom 1 most love: I dogmatise, and am contradicted: and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know,...conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those whor~^Umost lovei I dogmatise, and am contradicted: and if jj S 's conflicl of opinion and sentiments... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from tolicitude : when I am seated, I find th master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call ; anxious to know...ready to supply my wants : wine there exhilarates my spirit?, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange of discourse with those whom I most... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 366 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call; anxious to know and ready to supply mv wants: wine there exhilarates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation and an interchange... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1837 - 716 pages
...experience an oblivion of care, and freedom from solicitude. When seated, I find the master courteous, the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know, and ready to supply, my wants." I conclude this brief essay on the enjoyment of an inn, by the following appropriate lines:— Who'er... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...solicitude : when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my nail ; anxious to know and ready to supply my wants ; wine...dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.' "—BOSWELL. : Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1853 - 384 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude ; when I am seated, I find the master courteous and the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know and ready to supply my wants ; wine there exhilerates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1853 - 396 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude ; when I am seated, I find the master courteous and the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know and ready to supply my wants; wine there exhilerates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those... | |
 | George Winfred Hervey - 1854 - 380 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude ; when I am seated, I find the master courteous and the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know and ready to supply my wants ; wine there exhilerates my spirits, and prompts me to free conversation, and an interchange of discourse with those... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 476 pages
...oblivion of care, and a freedom from solicitude: when I am seated, I find the master courteous, and the servants obsequious to my call, anxious to know...dogmatise, and am contradicted ; and in this conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight.'" The following anecdote is highly to Johnson's credit, and... | |
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