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" I was drest, 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, desired... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the ... - Page 481
by James Boswell - 1799
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A Manual of English Literature: A Text Book for Schools and Colleges

John Seely Hart - 1872 - 650 pages
...und found that lii* biii'lhuly had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in я violent [lassion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottlo of Madeira and u glam In-fore him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would he calm,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...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...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...
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The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 2

John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...directly. I accordingly went as "soon as I was dressed, and " found that his landlady had ar" rested him for his rent, at "which he was in a violent pas"sion...."already changed my guinea, "and had got a bottle of madeira "and a glass before him. I put "the cork into the bottle, de" sired he would be calm, and "began...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pages
...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...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...
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Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith - 1911 - 236 pages
...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...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...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...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...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...
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Readings in English Prose of the Eighteenth Century

Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...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...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...
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Two Centuries of the English Novel

Sir Harold Herbert Williams - 1911 - 364 pages
...guinea, not in paying off his landlady, but in buying a bottle of Madeira, which he was drinking. " 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 be calm, and began...
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Selections from Boswell's Life of Johnson

James Boswell - 1912 - 106 pages
...accidentally worth more money "... I shall give it [the story] authentically from Johnson's own authentic narration : — "I received one morning a message...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...
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Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London

Arthur St. John Adcock - 1912 - 412 pages
...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...already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork in the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to...
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