 ... 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; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds....  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 4441840Full view - About this book
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should return, and, having gone to a bookseller, sold K for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." [DR. JOHNSON AND GEORGE m] In February, 1767, there happened one of the most remarkable incidents of... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pages
...it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should return, and, having gone to a bookseller, sold ii. for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." [DR. JOHNSON AND GEORGE H1] In February, 1767, there happened one of the most remarkable incidents... | |
 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds....landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." . . . He had increased my admiration of the goodness of Johnson's heart by incidental remarks in the... | |
 | Arthur St. John Adcock - 1912 - 412 pages
...produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit. I told the landlady I should soon return ; and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds....landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Everything points to Mrs. Fleming as that harsh landlady, and the lodging in her cottage at Islington... | |
 | Francis Hopkinson Smith - 1913 - 232 pages
...into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to James Newbery, a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The manuscript lay neglected for two years, and was then published without a notion of its future popularity.... | |
 | Francis Hopkinson Smith - 1914 - 232 pages
...into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to James Newbery, a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The manuscript lay neglected for two years, and was then published without a notion of its future popularity.... | |
 | Francis Hopkinson Smith - 1915 - 386 pages
...into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady 1 should soon return, and, having gone to James Newbery, a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The manuscript lay neglected for two years, and was then published without a notion of its future popularity.... | |
 | 1915 - 652 pages
...produced to me. I looked into it, and sati.' its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds....brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent. . . ." From Boswell's "Life of Johnson." CHARACTERS OLIVER GOLDSMITH. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. THE LANDLADY.... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 858 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its ment; told the landlady I should soon return, and, ȏ + dis- so Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, charged his rent, not without rating his land- Less pleasing... | |
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