 ... 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 - Page 4441840Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...told the landlady I should soon return, and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. 1 brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." i Newberry, the purchaser of the Vicar of WiakeJteld, best known to the present generation by recollection... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and c., 1763. " DF.AK a." 1 [How Mr. Boswell, who affects such extreme accuracy, should say that Hawkins has strangely mis-staled... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...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) It may not be improper to annex here Mrs. Piozzi's account of this transaction, in her own... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return; and er and a critic he was ill qualified, being destitute of virtue for the one, hi* landlady in a high tone for having used him so UL" Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson... | |
 | University magazine - 1848 - 792 pages
...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 - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return; and istrustle** of his smutted face, While secret laughter...The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The m hi» landlady in a high tone for having used him so Ш." Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...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." The bookseller, Mr. Newberry, had but little hope for the sucoess of the work, and kept it by him,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...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....his landlady in a high tone for having used him so Ш." Mr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the "Vicar of Wakefield." The... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 642 pages
...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." The novel was the " Vicar of Wakefield," and the bookseller to whom it was sold was Mr. Francis Newbury.... | |
 | Literature - 1848 - 634 pages
...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... | |
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