 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 pagine
...^ine-Apple in New-street, just hy. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day; hut did not know one another's names. It used to cost...nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing1." He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors: a practice to which... | |
 | 1846 - 782 pagine
..."very well for eight pence, and with very good company,atthePmeApple,inI\ew Street, Covent Garden. It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank...and gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite as well served — nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." " Each mortal has... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 pagine
...with very good company, at the Pine Apple, hi New Street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day, but did not know one another's...than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing.'" "Painful as it is to relate," says Cumberland, " I have heard Dr. Johnson assert, that he subsisted... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 pagine
...with very good company, at the Pine- Apple in New Street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They to the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began...should soon return ; and, having gone to a bookseller, 3 He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pagine
...of his information is a curious and interesting specimen of his disposition. " It used,'' said he, " to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine :...and gave the waiter a penny ; so that I was quite as well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." Johnson drank at this... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pagine
...very good company, at the ' Pine Apple,' in New-street, just by. Several of them had traveled. They expected to meet every day, but did not know one another's...than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." While at Birmingham, he had become somewhat acquainted with an Irish painter, whom he described as... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 638 pagine
...very good company, at the ' Pine Apple,' in New-street, just by. Several of them had traveled. They expected to meet every day, but did not know one another's...I had a cut of meat for sixpence, and bread for a peuny, and gave the waiter a -peuny ; so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pagine
...with very good company, at the Pine-Apple in New Street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They found my hopes of approbation upon the ignorance of...most obedient humble servant, B. JAMES." —BOSWELL. 3 Considering Johnson's narrow circumstances in the early part of his life, and particularly at the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 pagine
...with very good company, at the Pine-Apple in New Street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day, but did not know one another's...sixpence, and bread for . a penny, and gave the waiter n penny ; so that I was quite well served, nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing."'... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 pagine
...not know one another's names. It used to cost the rest a shilling, for they drank wine ; but I hod a cut of meat for sixpence, and bread for a penny,...nothing." ' He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rijridly conformed for many years together,... | |
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I dined (said he) very well for eight-pence, with very good company, at the PineApple in New-street, just by. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one another's names. It used to cost the rest a shilling, for... 
