 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 pages
...he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit j told the landlady I should soon return ; and having...sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he dia. charged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pages
...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...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. 1 brought Goldsmith the monev, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 424 pages
...might be extricated. He then told me he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Mrs. Piozzi gives the same anecdote with some variations ; among others, that Johnson found Goldsmith... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 pages
...might be extricated. He then told me he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady...rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him ao ill." Mrs. Piozzi gives the same anecdote with some variations ; among others, that Johnson found... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...be extricated^ He then to.d me that he had ; novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady...sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he dis- 50 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, charged his rent, not without rating his land- Less pleasing... | |
 | 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
...told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and sati.' its merit; told the landlady I should soon return,...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
...me that he ^ novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its ment; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having...sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he dis- so Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, charged his rent, not without rating his land- Less pleasing... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1915 - 872 pages
...He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into if, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to a bookidler, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent. . .... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...a voice in every wind) the landlady I should soon return, and, having And snatch a fearful joy. 40 Never came near thee; Thou loyest — but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. 80 Waking o dis- so Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, charged his rent, not without rating his land- Less pleasing... | |
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I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by 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... 
