John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4138 William Shenstone 1714-1763 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4138 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shenstone (1714–1763) |
| QUOTATION: | Whoe’er has travell’d life’s dull round, Where’er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Written on a Window of an Inn. |
| Note 1. See Johnson, Quotation 26. Archbishop Leighton often said that if he were to choose a place to die in, it should be an inn.—Works, vol. i. p. 76. [back] |