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" I was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I 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... "
Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the ... - Page 481
by James Boswell - 1799
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 1

Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...sent him a guinea, aud promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, aud had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him : I put the cork into the bottle, desired he...
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Memoirs of Richard Cumberland

Richard Cumberland - Dramatists, English - 1856 - 414 pages
...hard fortune would not suffer me to share. In a small patch of ground, inclospd with stone walls, adhe was in a violent passion : I perceived that he had already changed my guinea^ and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desiring he would be cairn,...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...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 him for his...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 calm, and began...
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Biographical sketch. Poetical extracts. Miscellaneous essays. From The bee ...

Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directJy. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his...perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm,...
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Irving Vignettes: Vignette Illustrations of the Writings of Washington Irving

Washington Irving - 1858 - 450 pages
...directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested Viim for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion...perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1860 - 496 pages
...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 him for his...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 calm, and began...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...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 him for his...already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira, and a glass before nim, I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...
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Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the Hebrides

James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1860 - 960 pages
...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 him for his...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 calm, and began...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 pages
...that his landlady had arrested him for his rent; at which he was in a violent passion. I per* celved that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira, and a glass before nlm. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...
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Autobiography, letters and literary remains of mrs. Piozzi, ed ..., Volume 1

Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 pages
...accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him." Mrs. Piozzi continues: " But Doctor Johnson had always some story...
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