 ... 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
 | 1850 - 454 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....and he discharged his rent, not without rating his laudlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The novel was the " Vicar of Wakefield," and the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 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." The novel in question was the " Vicar of Wakefield :" the bookseller to whom Johnson sold it was Francis... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 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." The novel in question was the " Vicar of Wakefield :'/ the bookseller to whom Johnson sold it was Francis... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. 1 brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." 1 My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday, the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith supped... | |
 | Adolph Heimann - 1851 - 316 pages
...produced59 to me. I looked into it00, and saw its merit 61, told the landlady I should soon return02, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged03 his rent, not without rating04 his landlady in a high05 tone00 for having used07 him so... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 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 •...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The novel in question was the ' Vicar of Wakefield : ' the bookseller to whom Johnson sold it was Francis... | |
 | 1868 - 376 pages
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 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 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." Cumberland has added to this anecdote a piece of Romance — related afterwards, perhaps as a jest,... | |
 | 1853 - 444 pages
...; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixtypounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his...so ill." This novel was the " Vicar of Wakefield," a work which Beems to bid defiance to all the changes of taste and fashion, and to possess claims to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 348 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 Newbery, the bookseller here alluded to, had such faint expectations from his purchase, that he... | |
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