Tuesday, July 07, 2020
The Throne of Human Felicity
John Hawkins, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2nd ed. (London: J. Buckland et al., 1787), p. 87:
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I have heard him assert, that a tavern-chair was the throne of human felicity.—'As soon,' said he, 'as I enter the door of a tavern, I experience an 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 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 in this conflict of opinions and sentiments I find delight.'
