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" ... 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 444
1840
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 2

James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pages
...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) It may not be improper to annex here Mrs. Piozzi's account of this transaction, in her own...
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The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pages
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Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...it, and saw its merit ; told the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith ' the...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.' Nor does the rating seem altogether undeserved, since there cannot be a doubt that Mrs. Fleming was...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...it, and saw its merit ; told the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith ' the...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.' Nor does the rating seem altogether undeserved, since there cannot be a doubt that Mrs. Fleming was...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...it, and saw its merit ; told the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith ' the...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.' Nor does the rating seem altogether undeserved, since there cannot be a doubt that Mrs. Fleming was...
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University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, Volume 32

1848 - 822 pages
...extricating him ; was shown "The Vicar of Wokeuold," which be 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. Piozri, telling the same story, makes the time evening ; and represents...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pages
...produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and, co 3y at dinner on the 16th of O@ 3er, at my lodgings in Old" ` 3ance of monev, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him...
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Sharpe's London Journal of Entertainment and Instruction for ..., Volume 11

1850 - 430 pages
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London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 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....not without rating his landlady in a high tone for WINE-OFFICE COURT. 203 having used him so ill." From Wine-office Court, Goldsmith removed to the house...
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The Christian Parlor Magazine, Volume 6

1850 - 498 pages
...its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it fur sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." the work was destined to an extensive and enduring popularity, of which the fortunate bookseller never...
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