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" ... 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 be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked... "
Lives of the novelists - Page 100
by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825
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Vicar of Wakefield, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1766 - 256 pages
...having gone to a bookfeller, fold it for fixty pounds. I brought Goldjmith the money, and he difcharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having ufed him fo ill." Laft, but — to reverfe the current phrafe — certainly leaft in importance, is...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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,...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill*.' My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the ist of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith supped...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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,...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill'.' My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith supped...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...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,...his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill."3 My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...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,...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." 1 My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith supped...
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pages
...ready for the press, 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,...money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating bis landlady in a high tone for having used him so iil." . The bookseller, however, did not bring out...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...ready for the press, which he produced. Johnson looked into it and saw its merit, told the landlady he should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. When he bronght the money, Goldsmith discharged his rent, but not without rating his landlady in a...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 83, Part 1

1813 - 778 pages
...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,...pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged bis rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used, him so ill." Additions to...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...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,...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the 1st of July, when he and I and Dr. Goldsmith supped...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...for the press, ĢInch 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,...and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlad}' in a high tone for having nsed him so ill." My next meeting with Johnson was on Friday the...
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