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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... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 21
by James Boswell - 1827 - 580 pages
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1888 - 608 pages
...with very good company, at the Pine Apple in Newstreet, just by. Several of them had travelled. They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one...waiter nothing." He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors ; a practice to which he rigidly conformed for many years together,...
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Literary Landmarks of London

Laurence Hutton - 1888 - 392 pages
...very good company at the Pine Apple in New Street, just liy : 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.' New Street runs from St. Martin's Lane to the junction of King and Bedford Streets, but no Pine Apple...
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The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, Volume 17

Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1888 - 306 pages
...used to cost the rest a shilling (this is mere talk, fourpence additional would not pay for wine), for they drank wine; but I had a cut of meat for sixpence,...better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing" (i. B., i. 113). Cumberland says it is painful to know that Johnson subsisted on fourpence halfpenny...
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The Antiquary, Volume 17

1888 - 324 pages
...used to cost the rest a shilling (this is mere talk, fourpence additional would not pay for wine), for they drank wine; but I had a cut of meat for sixpence,...better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing" (i. B., i. 113). Cumberland says it is painful to know that Johnson subsisted on fourpence halfpenny...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...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...waiter nothing.'" He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly conformed for many years together,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with The Journal of a ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
..."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...better than the rest for they gave the waiter nothing." 1 He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors : a practice to which he rigidly...
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A Book about London: The Streets of London. An Alphabetical Index to the ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 240 pages
...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...waiter a penny ; so that I was quite well served, nay, bettei than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." Eton Road, Haverstock Hill. TW Robrrtfon—yo....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson ... Comprising a Series of His Epistolary ...

James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...travelled. They expected to meet every day ; but did not know one another's names. It used to cost the resta shilling, for they drank wine ; but I had a cut of...waiter nothing." He at this time, I believe, abstained entirely from fermented liquors: a practice to which he rigidly conformed for many years together,...
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 2

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 640 pages
...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...than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing." — Bonvell, by Croker, vol. ip 73. In Charles II.'s reign New Street was very fashionably inhabited....
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 2

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 646 pages
...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...nay, better than the rest, for they gave the waiter nothing."—Boswell, by Croker, vol. ip 73. In Charles II.'s reign New Street was very fashionably...
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