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" Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. "
American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 444
1840
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Two Centuries of the English Novel

Harold Herbert Williams, Sir Harold Herbert Williams - English fiction - 1911 - 448 pages
...Johnson sent down a guinea, and promised to follow the coin. " I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested...his rent ; at which he was in a violent passion." In recognition of his friend's liberality Goldsmith had already spent part of Dr. Johnson's guinea,...
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Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London

Arthur St. John Adcock - Artists - 1912 - 412 pages
...possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested...perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork in the bottle, desired he would be calm,...
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Selections from Boswell's Life of Johnson

James Boswell - 1912 - 106 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...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, desired he would be...
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In Thackeray's London: Pictures and Text

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Literary Criticism - 1913 - 240 pages
...landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was 158 u tt a 5 u -. o 2 5 B IN THACKERAY'S LONDON in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already...and had 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...
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In Thackeray's London: Pictures and Text

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Literary Criticism - 1913 - 232 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went to him as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was 158 u in w w 01 U U U U. o s i. IN THACKERAY'S LONDON in a violent passion. I perceived that he had...
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In Thackeray's London

Francis Hopkinson Smith - Literary landmarks - 1914 - 232 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went to him as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was 158 ta u lO M ID s 1 5 pi IN THACKERAY'S LONDON in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already...
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The Novels: With Dickens and Thackeray in London

Francis Hopkinson Smith - 1915 - 386 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went to him as soon as 1 was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested...and had 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...
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St. Nicholas, Volume 42, Part 1

Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1915 - 872 pages
...come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I accordingly went as soon as 1 was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested...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, desired he would be...
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St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls, Volume 42, Part 1

Children's literature - 1915 - 652 pages
...come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested...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, desired he Would be...
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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson

Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...enthral? as soon as I was drest, and found that his Wh idle progeny succeed , ,, , , j ,. i , • r u- t landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he...I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, 40 \yhile some on earnest business bent As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem...
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