 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...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2021813Full view - About this book
 | 1850 - 498 pages
...artist. We cannot do better than give it in Dr. Johnson's own words. "I received one morning," he says, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as possible. I 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... | |
 | Religion - 1850 - 454 pages
...artist. We cannot do better than give it in Dr. Johnson's own words. "I received ono morning," he says, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as possible. I 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...into which his heedlessness was continually plunging him. " I received one morning," says Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as possible. I 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...into which his heedlessness was continually plunging him. /" I received one morning," says Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as possible. I 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 326 pages
...when this novel was sold. I shall give it authentically from Johnson's own exact narration :— " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not m his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea,... | |
 | Adolph Heimann - 1851 - 316 pages
...word. 3" Subjunctive Present. as32 it was33 not in his power to come to me, begging34 that I would35 come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly3" went as soon as I was dressed37, and found that his landlady36... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...into which his ' indiscretion was continually plunging him. " I received one morning," says Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...power to come to me, begging that I would come to h as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and I promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 pages
...related by Dr. Johnson to Boswell, who has thus recorded it : "I received one morning," said Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as possible. I 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... | |
 | Art - 1853 - 444 pages
...light the work on which much of the poet's fame now rests. "I received one morning," savs Johnson, " a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great...as it was not in his power to come to me, begging I would come to him as soon ns possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...some humorous variations, the following account of the situation in which he found his friend: — " I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith...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... | |
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