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The life of Samuel Johnson - Page 465
by James Boswell - 1820
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1791 - 608 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 fervants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the profpect of an...
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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
...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...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend you with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...
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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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Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...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...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants 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, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 526 pages
...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...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants 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. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 508 pages
...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...good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No servants will attend yon with the alacrity which waiters do, who are incited by the prospect of an...
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Selection of Poems ...

Charles Snart - Poetry - 1808 - 506 pages
...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...No servant* will attend you with the alacrity which waiters-do, who are incited by the prospect of an immediate reward in proportion as they please. No,...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...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...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir; there is nothing Avhich has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by...
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Johnsoniana..

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 372 pages
...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...immediate reward in proportion as they please. No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so mnch happiness is produced as by...
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