"The days are short,
the weather's cold,
By tavern fires,
tales are told.
Some ask for dram
when first come in,
others with flip
and bounce begin."
New England Almanac, 1704
“Where dozed a fire of beechen logs that bred
Strange fancies in its embers golden dred,
And nursed the loggerhead, whose hissing dip,
timed by wise instinct, creamed the bowl of flip”
Jame Lowell, 1868
"The gods who are most interested in the human race preside over the tavern...The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavern is where they are to take effect, and if the former are good, the latter cannot be bad." Thoreau
"Wheoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sign to think he still has found the warmest welcome at an inn." Shenstone
"Along the varying road of life, In calm content, in toil or strife, In morn or at noon, by night or day, How oft doth man by care oppressed Find at an inn a place of rest!" Combe
"What do you think
Here is good drink.
Perhaps you may not know it;
If not in haste, do stop and taste,
You merry folks will show it."
Molineaux, 1774