 But Johnson informed me, that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith and the price was sixty pounds. " And, sir," said he, " a sufficient price too, when it was sold ; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated, as it afterwards was, by his Traveller;...  The Life of Samuel Johnson - Página 331por James Boswell - 1880Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | John Forster - 1854 - 642 páginas
...and obtained the sixty .St. 36. pounds. " And sir," he said to Boswell afterwards, " a suf" ficient price too, when it was sold ; for then the fame of...by him a " long time, and did not publish it till after the Traveller " had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth " more money." * On... | |
 | John Forster - 1855 - 528 páginas
...the copy, asked and obtained the sixty pounds. " And " sir," he said to Boswell some years later, " a sufficient price too, " when it was sold ; for then...elevated, as it afterwards was by his Traveller ; and the bookteller had such faint hopes of profit by his bargain that he kept " the manuscript by him a long... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 páginas
...he had sold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his "Vicar of Wakefield." But Johnson informed me, that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and...manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the ' Traveller ' had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth more money." * I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 páginas
...had sold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his " Vicar of Wakefield." But Johnson informed me, that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and...manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the ' Traveller' had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidently worth more money." Mrs. Piozzi... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 páginas
...he had sold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his "Vicar of Wakefield." But Johnson informed me, that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and the price was sixty pounds. "And, Sir," said he, tla sufficient price too, when it was sold ; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 328 páginas
...had sold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his * Vicar of Wakefield.' But Johnson informed me that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and...manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the " Traveller " had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth more money.' During... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 páginas
...he had cold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his ' Vicar of WakeHeld.' But Johnson informed me that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and...manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the " Traveller" had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally wort!1 more money.' " Brnjamin... | |
 | 1865 - 342 páginas
...had sold a novel for four hundred pounds. This was his ' Vicar of Wakefield.' But Johnson informed me that he had made the bargain for Goldsmith, and...manuscript by him a long time, and did not publish it till after the " Traveller " had appeared. Then, to be sure, it was accidentally worth more money.' During... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Henry William Dulcken - 1865 - 410 páginas
...opinion on its merits. Johnson spoke sensibly enough when he replied to the indignant protest, — " A sufficient price, too, when it was sold ; for then...was, by his ' Traveller ; ' and the bookseller had faint hopes of profit by his bargain. After the ' Traveller,' to be sure, it was accidentally worth... | |
 | 1866 - 864 páginas
...sage, we know from Boswell, was of opinion ' that sixty pounds %as a sufficient price for the Vicar", when it was sold ; for then the fame of Goldsmith had not been elevated, as it afterwards was, by the Traveller,' (to which Johnson himself had contributed some strokes). ' Then, to be sure, it was... | |
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