 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pągines
...to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then I told me that he had a novel sed several grammars and dictiona lies still preserved among the curious. Pope Sylvester the Second ill." Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The... | |
 | 1852 - 788 pągines
...and bpgan to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. lie then told me he had a work ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked...return ; and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for £60. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent; not without rating his landlady in... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pągines
...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...told the 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pągines
...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...his 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 374 pągines
...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...his 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pągines
...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...sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the monev, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pągines
...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 the landlady 1 should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds." " This," says Boswell,... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pągines
...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 the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pągines
...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 the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pągines
...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 the land' lady I should soon return ; and having gone to a book' seller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought... | |
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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... 
