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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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Shadows of the Old Booksellers

Charles Knight - 1865 - 366 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. 1 accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, K 2 and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired...
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Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary

James Whiteside - 1868 - 498 pages
...picture of a struggling author's life, and of the state of literature at the time Dr. Johnson speaks ! " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith,...already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of " Madeira and a glass before him, I put the cork into the " bottle, and desired he would be calm, and...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

Washington Irving - 1868 - 486 pages
...as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in « violent passion : I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira / -£J<' hit- I. *: -1 i' • »i • "fi: ^ -.1.1 .•;;•/ ' .• »:,.-«•...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, with beiogr. intr. by prof. [D ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pages
...him a " guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as 1 " 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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Home Pictures of English Poets, for Fireside and Schoolroom

Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 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...perceived that he had already changed my guinea,, and had a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cori£into the bottle, desired he would be calm,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 774 pages
...went as soon »l " was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which^ " was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, id " had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into A " bottle, desired he...
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Works of Washington Irving: Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1870 - 644 pages
...as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in ;>. violent passion : I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm,...
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London: It's Celebrated Characters And Remarkable Places

J. Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 508 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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Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America ..., Volume 1

Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 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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A Manual of English Literature: A Text Book for Schools and Colleges

John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 pages
...and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in aviolertt [tfission. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and u glass before him. I put the cork into the lM>tlle. d(--ired he would be calm, and bogan...
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