 | Clara Elizabeth Laughlin - 1926 - 652 pages
...a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went to him 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 cork into the bottle, and desired -he would be... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1928 - 352 pages
...appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth more money.' " Mrs. Piozzi and Sir John Hawkins have strangely mis-stated the history of Goldsmith's...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... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1928 - 398 pages
...a guinea and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went to him 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 half a bottle of Madeira 294 and a glass before him. I put the cork in the bottle, desired he would... | |
 | Harry Salpeter - 1929 - 320 pages
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 | James Boswell - 1931 - 1260 pages
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 | Norman Collins - 1932 - 292 pages
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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... 
