 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...  Essays and Lectures: Historical and Literary - Page 288by James Whiteside - 1868 - 478 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 pages
...writes: morning when the "Vicar of Wakefield" was produced, Johnson says : " I sent him (Goldsmith) 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 rent. I perceived that he had already... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1861 - 406 pages
...memorable morning when the "Vicar of Wakefield" was produced, Johnson says : " I sent him (Goldsmith) 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 rent. I perceived that he had already... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1862 - 424 pages
...other words than those of Johnson, as reported by Boswell : "I received one morning," says Johnson, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion... | |
 | Great Britain - 1863 - 972 pages
...not care-free, as the following incident well shows : — " I received, one morning," says Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him... | |
 | Francis Hopkinson Smith - 1915 - 398 pages
...bailiff without, that Dr. Johnson "received one morning," so his great friend Boswell reports as saying, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...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... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - England - 1905 - 344 pages
...dead within the black oak door." It was to these chambers that Johnson came on a memorable occasion. " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith,...possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady has arrested him... | |
 | English periodicals - 1905 - 702 pages
...Later he had chambers at 2, Brick Court, where Oliver Goldsmith wrote " The Vicar of Wakefield." " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith,...begging that I would come to him as soon as possible," Dr. Johnson recorded ; " I sent him a guinea and promised to come directly. I accordingly went as soon... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...board and in the hands of the sheriff. He sent for Johnson. " I sent him a guinea," says Johnson, " 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 rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1906 - 362 pages
...composed at a time of difficulty and distress. This is Johnson's account as reported by Boswell : — " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith...come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as he was drest, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Artists - 1906 - 372 pages
...sent a message saying he was in great distress, as the latter related to his biographer Boswell, " and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging...him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion.... | |
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