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" I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle,... "
The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott... - Page 238
by Walter Scott - 1848
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Vicar of Wakefield, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - Facsimile - 1766 - 256 pages
...got a bottle of Madeira and a glafs before him. 1 put the cork into the bottle, defired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...He then told me that he had a novel ready for the prefs, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and f aw its merit; told the landlady I jhould foon...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...WAKEFIELD. [AD 1763. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...420. BOSWELL. Madeira and a glass before him'. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. 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 he extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...bottle of Madeira and a glass' bej£^ fore him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he 54.' would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork...which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw ita merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...his thonghtless character. Dr. Johnson, however, put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he wii MEMOIRS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. might be extricated. He then told Johnson that he had a novel ready...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 83, Part 1

Early English newspapers - 1813 - 778 pages
...into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by jvhich he might he extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready...having gone to a Bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged bis rent, not without rating his landlady in a high...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...near relation, was Dean of Cloyne, in 1717. him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...near relation, was Dean of Clojne, in 17 !7. him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which...then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, ĞInch he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return,...
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