| Oliver Goldsmith - 1766 - 256 pagina’s
...guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glafs before him. 1 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 f aw its merit; told the landlady I jhould foon... | |
| James Boswell - 1791 - 564 pagina’s
...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 - 1799 - 648 pagina’s
...1778. ' Anecdotes of Johnson, p. 1 19. BOSWELL. ' Life of Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired...me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pagina’s
...Johnson, p. 420. BOSWELL. I. — 31 Madeira 482 THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. [AD 1763. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired...me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pagina’s
...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, desired...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 - 1807 - 514 pagina’s
...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...me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pagina’s
...all Goldsmith's history, a trait more descriptive of his thonghtless character. Dr. Johnson, however, put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be...and began to talk to him of the means by which he wii MEMOIRS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. might be extricated. He then told Johnson that he had a novel ready... | |
| John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pagina’s
...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, desired he would he calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me, that... | |
| 1813 - 778 pagina’s
...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, desired...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 pagina’s
...from a Dignitary of 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...me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
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