The British Essayists: AdventurerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina viii
... received . These numbers will be formed into regular volumes , to each of which will be BOSWELL'S Life of JOHNSON . In the last edition to this Preface , I was so far misled by si JOHN HAWKINS and Mr. BOSWELL , as to state that the ...
... received . These numbers will be formed into regular volumes , to each of which will be BOSWELL'S Life of JOHNSON . In the last edition to this Preface , I was so far misled by si JOHN HAWKINS and Mr. BOSWELL , as to state that the ...
Pàgina viii
... received for it the enormous sum of 6,000l . He died in 1773 : some say , of high living ; others , of chagrin , from the ill reception of his Narrative ; for he was a man of the keenest sensibility , and obnoxious to all the evils of ...
... received for it the enormous sum of 6,000l . He died in 1773 : some say , of high living ; others , of chagrin , from the ill reception of his Narrative ; for he was a man of the keenest sensibility , and obnoxious to all the evils of ...
Pàgina xv
... that he thought it necessary to apologize for them , in a very respectful manner , and with a kind of hesi- * He received 6,000l . for this work tation from which I would wish to conclude , that BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
... that he thought it necessary to apologize for them , in a very respectful manner , and with a kind of hesi- * He received 6,000l . for this work tation from which I would wish to conclude , that BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
Pàgina xxii
... received , was two guineas each paper . This was advanced by the bookseller , who risked all expences , and was soon amply rewarded by a more quick sale than the RAMBLER had experienced . Be- sides this emolument , Dr. HAWKESWORTH , as ...
... received , was two guineas each paper . This was advanced by the bookseller , who risked all expences , and was soon amply rewarded by a more quick sale than the RAMBLER had experienced . Be- sides this emolument , Dr. HAWKESWORTH , as ...
Pàgina xxix
... received from the Bishop of Winchester in the year 1788 * . His earliest publication was a volume of Odes , in 1747. In 1756 , without his name , appeared the Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope , vol . 1 ; and in 1782 , the second ...
... received from the Bishop of Winchester in the year 1788 * . His earliest publication was a volume of Odes , in 1747. In 1756 , without his name , appeared the Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope , vol . 1 ; and in 1782 , the second ...
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