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" 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 into it, and saw its merit; told... "
Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight - Page 91
by Half hours - 1856
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 358 pages
...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...having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. \ brought Goldsmith the '. 'inonsy , and TIC discharged his rent , not without rating his landlady...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...glass before bib I put the cork into the bottle, desired he be calm, and began to talk to him of the [ ;?> ` + e ǔ P䠈 x 5 d B : .Q 4... ) p |.u l j p f u+ J E f #P ê n8 ɩ ؄ Qd ! M L ` ю illMr. Newberry was the person with whom Johnson thus bargained for the " Vicar of Wakefield." The...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 604 pages
...in error, is surely not sufficient to justify the charge of a strange mis-statement— -KD. ] ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into...his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill1." Here let me not forget the curious anecdote2, referred to by Dr. Maxwell, which was related...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...in error, is surely not sufficient to justify the charge of a itrunge tnu-itulcinent— ED.] ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into...his landlady in a high tone for having used him so mi ,, -. Here let me not forget the curious anecdote2, referred to by Dr. Maxwell, which was related...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 600 pages
...in error, is surely nol sufficient to justify the charge of a strange inis-statcmcnt. — ED.] ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into...his landlady in a high tone for having used him so mi )) -. Here let me not forget the curious anecdote2, referred to by Dr.- Maxwell, which was related...
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The New sporting magazine, Volume 10

1845 - 670 pages
...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 into...landlady I should soon return ; and having gone to a bookseller's, sold it for sixty pounds— It was ' The Vicar of Wakefield.'" Thousands of instances...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the ...

James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...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 into...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill 9." 1 [How Mr. Boswell, who affects such extreme accuracy, should nay that Hawkins hits strangely mu-ttated...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1833 - 478 pages
...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 into...return; and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixtj' pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged ins rent, not without rating his landlady...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Biographical memoirs of eminent ...

Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...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 into...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." i Newberry, the purchaser of the Vicar of Wakefield, best known to the present generation by recollection...
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Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, and Other Distinguished ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...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 into...landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill." i 1 Newberry, the purchaser of the Vicar of Wake.field, best known to the present generation by recollection...
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