... 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 - Seite 4441840Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1848 - 640 Seiten
...extricating him ; was shown " The Vicar of Wakefield," which he took to a bookseller's, and sold for £60. " I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady for using him so ill." Mrs. Piozzi, telling the same story, makes the time evening ; and represents... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 Seiten
...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. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The price... | |
| People - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...produced to me. 1 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,... | |
| James Boswell - 1846 - 602 Seiten
...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'-." 1 [How Mr. Boswell, who affecis sucli extreme accuracy, should any that Hawkins has strangely mis-stated... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 Seiten
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return; and deviate from her, provided the characters are marked...painting, may Ьч a little overcharged or exaggerat Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The price... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 Seiten
...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. — JOHNSON, in Boswell. CANDOUR. — Marivaux, a celebrated French writer of romances, who flourished... | |
| 1852 - 788 Seiten
...merit ; told the landlady I should soon return ; and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for £60. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." The work in question was no other than the now celebrated "Vicar of Wakefield," which the publisher... | |
| Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 Seiten
...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 rent, not...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." Newberry, the purchaser of the Vitar of Wakeßeld, best known to the present generation by recollection... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 Seiten
...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." * Johnson himself lived for some time in the Temple. It was there that he was first visited by his... | |
| James Boswell - 1848 - 374 Seiten
...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." (') (1) It may not be improper to annex here Mrs. Piozzi's account of this transaction, in her own... | |
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