 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1910 - 220 pages
...garret at eighteenpence a week; few people would inquire where he lodged; and, if they did, it was easy to say, ' Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' By spending threepence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on... | |
 | James Boswell - 1912 - 106 pages
...garret at eighteen pence a week; few people would inquire where he lodged; and if they did, it was easy to say, 'Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' By spending threepence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on... | |
 | 1913 - 904 pages
...in a garret for 1 8 pence a week. Few people would enquire where he lodged, and if they did, it was easy to say, 'Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' By spending 3 pence in a coffee-house he might be for some hours every day in good company; he might dine for 6... | |
 | James Boswell - 1916 - 370 pages
...garret at eighteen-pence a week; few people would inquire where he lodged; and if they did, it was easy to say, 'Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' By spending three-pence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - 210 pages
...garret at eighteen-pence av/eek ; few people would enquire where he lodged ; and, if they did, it was easy to say ' Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' By spending three-pence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on... | |
 | 1923 - 142 pages
...garret at eighteen-pence a week ; few people would inquire where he lodged ; and if they did, it was easy to say, " Sir, I am to be found at such a place." By spending three-pence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company ; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pages
...garret at eighteen-pence a week; few people would inquire where he lodged; and if they did, it was uman A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral; And this hath now his heart, . he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might dine for six-pence, breakfast on... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 pages
...garret at eighteen-pence a week; few people would inquire where he lodged; and if they did, it was 1925 The Century Co."9 McClelland George William" George Willi three- pence in a coffee-house, he might be for some hours every day in very good company; he might... | |
 | Mary Dorothy George - 1925 - 514 pages
...before he came to London in 1737, " few people would enquire where he lodged and if they did it was easy to say, ' Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' ' The necessary " good address " was provided by the coffee-house or tavern. In this, as in other things,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1994 - 450 pages
...and linen. He said you might live in a garret at eighteen-pence a week, as few people would enquire where you lodge; and if they do, it is easy to say, 'Sir, I am to be found at such a place.' For spending threepence in a coffee-house, you may be for hours in very good company. You may dine... | |
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By spending threepence in a coffeehouse, he might be for some hours every day in very good company ; he might dine for sixpence, breakfast on bread and milk for a penny, and do without supper. On clean-shirt-day he went abroad, and paid visits. 
