 ... 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
 | 1848 - 640 pages
...extricating him ; was shown " The Vicar of Wakefield," which he took to a bookseller's, and sold for £60. " I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady for using him so ill." Mrs. Piozzi, telling the same story, makes the time evening ; and represents... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 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." Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The price... | |
 | People - 1845 - 348 pages
...produced to me. 1 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." Cumberland has added to this anecdote a piece of romance — related afterwards, perhaps as a jest,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 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'-." 1 [How Mr. Boswell, who affecis sucli extreme accuracy, should any that Hawkins has strangely mis-stated... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return; and deviate from her, provided the characters are marked...painting, may Ьч a little overcharged or exaggerat Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The price... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 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. — JOHNSON, in Boswell. CANDOUR. — Marivaux, a celebrated French writer of romances, who flourished... | |
 | 1852 - 788 pages
...merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for £60. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The work in question was no other than the now celebrated "Vicar of Wakefield," which the publisher... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...landlady I should soon return, and, having fone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I rought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Newberry, the purchaser of the Vitar of Wakeßeld, best known to the present generation by recollection... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 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." * Johnson himself lived for some time in the Temple. It was there that he was first visited by his... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1847 - 416 pages
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