wish'd

Suffolk subscription which I then refused, well knowing that I was likely to want it more at a future day, and knowing also that the subscribers wish'd me to recieve it when it would do me most good.

Letter 332 2009

Methodest preacher, and all who could procure Horses, or wish'd to join the

Letter 292 2009

It is highly curious to find that he has retaind the high and partial praise bestow'd on me by my Brother 'that he never knew my fellow for mildness of disposition &c &c, and yet wish'd a postscript to be printed in the same preface, in direct opposition to any such statement?

Letter 198 2009

Your townsmen certainly act with a spirit which does them great honour; and the prospect of your continuing your trade for the support of your children is what I most ardently wish'd for.

Letter 104 2009

Among other subjects of conversation respecting the Farmer's Boy, I wish'd to be inform'd of his manner of composition.

Letter 34 2009

Forty of fifty pounds out of whatever may be left in Clements Lane in my name, would enable me to return to Bedfordshire with a tolerable grace, and give me the solid satisfaction of having accomplished at least as much as I wish'd, and more than

Letter 317 2009

"I thought the writing excellent, & wish'd if possible to imitate it," he confessed in his autobiography, going on to describe how he would memorize passages from The Spectator, wait a few days, then try to reproduce them.

On Life, Liberty and Other Quotable Matters John J. Miller 2011

Robin alludes to an answer to his rhetorical question when he recounts a meeting in which he "'pass'd Old Hodge's cottage in the glade'" with Nelly and "wish'd both cot and Nelly made for me '" (60).

'[S]hak[ing] the dwellings of the great': Liberation in Joanna Baillie’s Poems (1790) 2008

I wish'd I 'd have known you started all this in November.

natematthews Question 2008

I wish'd I 'd have known you started all this in November.

natematthews Question 2008