 As we lived near the road, we often had the traveller or stranger visit us to taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with it.  The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 8by Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pages
...taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault...fortieth remove, all remembered their affinity without the help of the herald's office, and came very frequently to see us. Some of them did us no great honour... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1837 - 550 pages
...great reputation ; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them to find fault with it. Our cousins, too, even to the...fortieth remove, all remembered their affinity without the help of the herald's office, and came very frequently to see us. Some of them did us no great honour... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 504 pages
...taste our gooseberry-wine, for which we had great reputation ; end I profess with the veracity of an historian, | that I never knew one of them find fault...fortieth remove, all remembered their affinity, without «ny help from the herald's office, and came very frequently to see us. Some of them did us no great... | |
 | Jean Joseph Jacotot, P. Y. de Séprés - 1840 - 906 pages
...berry wine, for which we had great refutation : » and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, a that I never knew one of them find fault .with it....Our cousins too., even to the fortieth remove all re» membered their affinity, without any help from » the herald's office, and came very frequency... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1840 - 372 pages
...6ur gooseberry-wine, for which we had great reputation ; and I profess , with the veracity 6f 6) an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault with it.* Our cousins too, even t6 the fortieth remove, all remembered their affinity, without any help from the herald's office '),... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault...these claims of kindred; as we had the blind, the maun cd, and the halt amongst the number. However, my wife always insisted, that as they were the eamefiesh... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...taste our gooseberry-wine, for which we had great reputation ; and I profess, with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault...remembered their affinity, without any help from the heralds' office, and came very frequently to see us. Some of them did us no great honour by these claims... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 pages
...taste our gooseberry-wine, For which we had great reputation: and I profess , with the veracity of an historian , that I never knew one of them find fault with it. (The ¿áÐÓ of If^akef.) 1. TUMULTUOUS, 2. TUMULTUARY. 1. unb 2. fiattntnb, fturmtfdj. ciftí (Stgniidjviftércort... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...taste our gooseberry wine, for which we had great reputation; and I profess with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault...these claims of kindred ; as we had the blind, the maim ,,1l, and the halt amongst the number. However, my wife always insisted, that as they were the... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
...taste our gooseberry- wine, for which we had great reputation ; and I profess with the veracity of an historian, that I never knew one of them find fault...frequently to see us. Some of them did us no great honor by these claims of kindred ; as we had the blind, the maimed, and the halt amongst the number.... | |
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