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" I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. "
London: Its Literary and Historical Curiosities - Page 138
by Frederick Saunders - 1854 - 269 pages
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Old and new London: a narrative of its history, its people and its places ...

George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 pages
...as soon as possible. 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...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...
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The Thackeray Country

Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1905 - 344 pages
...promised to come directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady has arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had also changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into...
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Sir Joshua and His Circle, Volume 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 372 pages
...him as soon as possible. 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...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 publication of tbe traveller...
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The vicar of Wakefield, with an intr. by R. Garnett

Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 362 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as he was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.1 I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be...
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Introduction to English Literature: With Suggestions for Further Reading and ...

Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pages
...directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed and found that his landlady had arrested him for rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea and got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be...
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Goldsmith's The Deserted Village

Oliver Goldsmith - 1907 - 72 pages
...him a guinea . . . went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for 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 he would be...
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Great English Poets

Julian Hill - 1907 - 378 pages
...was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violet 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 be...
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English Prose (1137-1890)

John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 pages
...as soon as possible. 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...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 Ix;...
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The vicar of Wakefield, ed. by H.W. Boynton

Oliver Goldsmith - 1909 - 262 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...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 him to be calm,...
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The Plays of Oliver Goldsmith: Together with The Vicar of Wakefield

Oliver Goldsmith, George Ostler - 1909 - 568 pages
...sent him a guinea and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...perceived that he had 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,...
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