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" ... 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. "
Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) - Page 134
by Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 531 pages
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...dressed, 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,...had got. a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottJe, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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Lives of the novelists, Volumes 1-2

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 6

1825 - 610 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 440 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of a Tour to ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...dressed, 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,...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 to talk to him of the means by...
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