 I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as 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,...  Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography - Page 166by Washington Irving - 1868 - 427 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1766 - 256 pages
...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...means by which he might be extricated. 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;... | |
 | 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...means by which he might be extricated. 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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...means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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...means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...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 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 by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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...means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit... | |
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