I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle,... The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale ... - Page xiiiby Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pages
...guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glafs before him. I put the cork into the bottle, defired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the...He then told me that he had a novel ready for the prefs, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and faw its merit ; told the landlady I fhould foon... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...— 31 Madeira 482 THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. [AD 1763. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...1 19. BOSWELL. ' Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...had already changed my guinea; and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might he extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...got a bottle of Madeira and a glass' bej£^ fore him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he 54.' would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
| John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would he calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw ita merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1813 - 778 pages
...already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira, and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by jvhich he might he extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...the church. Dr. Isaac Goldsmith, his near relation, was Dean of Cloyne, in 1717. him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...church. Dr.. Isaac (ioldsmilh, his near relation, was Dean of Clojne, in 17 !7. him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, «Inch he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return,... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he 'Would be calm, and began...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
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