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" I received one morning a message from poor 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. I accordingly... "
Samuel Johnson, His Words and His Ways, what He Said, what He Did, and what ... - Page 228
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Vicar of Wakefield, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - Facsimile - 1766 - 256 pages
...dreft, and found that his landlady had arrefted him for his rent, at which he was in a violent pajjion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had 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...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...dreft, and found that his landlady had arrefted him for his rent, at which he was in a violent paflion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glafs before him. I put the cork into the bottle, defired he would be calm, and began to talk to him...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion....
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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
...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. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...from a Dignitary of the Church. Dr. Isaac Goldsmith, his near relation, was Dean of Cloyne, in '747and 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 rent, at which he was in a violent passion....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. 1 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 rent, at which he was in a violent passion....
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Characteristic Anecdotes of Men of Learning and Genius, Natives of Great ...

John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him, as soon as possible. I gent 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 rent, at which he was in a violent passion....
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...anthor, sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. When he went he found that Goldsmith's landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. The Doctor found at the same time that Goldsmith had changed his guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...it was not in hie 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....had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle oí Madeira and a glass before Î Miss Hornecks, one of whom is now married to Henry Bunbury, Esq....
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. 1 sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as ыion,aa I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was...
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