Prefaces Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English PoetsJ. Nichols, 1781 - 373 pages |
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... copies as a numerous impreffion . Dennis was not his only cenfurer ; the zealous papifts thought the monks treat- ed with too much contempt , and Eraf- mus mus too ftudiously praised ; but to thefe objections he 80 POPE .
... copies as a numerous impreffion . Dennis was not his only cenfurer ; the zealous papifts thought the monks treat- ed with too much contempt , and Eraf- mus mus too ftudiously praised ; but to thefe objections he 80 POPE .
Page 53
... on . condition of fup- plying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to : fubfcribers , or prefented to friends , and . D3 paying . paying two hundred pounds for every volume . Of the POPE . 53.
... on . condition of fup- plying , at his own expence , all the copies which were to be delivered to : fubfcribers , or prefented to friends , and . D3 paying . paying two hundred pounds for every volume . Of the POPE . 53.
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... copies printed for the fubfcribers . Lintot printed fome on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ; but of this experiment he repented , and his fon fold copies of the first volume with all their 7 . fon 54 POPE . paying two ...
... copies printed for the fubfcribers . Lintot printed fome on royal paper in Folio for two guineas a volume ; but of this experiment he repented , and his fon fold copies of the first volume with all their 7 . fon 54 POPE . paying two ...
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Samuel Johnson. fon fold copies of the first volume with all their extent of margin for two fhil- lings . It is unpleasant to relate that the bookfeller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was ... copies were placed at POPE . 55.
Samuel Johnson. fon fold copies of the first volume with all their extent of margin for two fhil- lings . It is unpleasant to relate that the bookfeller , after all his hopes and all his liberality , was ... copies were placed at POPE . 55.
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... difficulties , which re- tarded and oppreffed him , he was for a time timorous and uneafy ; had his nights difturbed by dreams of long journeys through unknown ways nights 56 POPE . notes, which in the Dutch copies were ...
... difficulties , which re- tarded and oppreffed him , he was for a time timorous and uneafy ; had his nights difturbed by dreams of long journeys through unknown ways nights 56 POPE . notes, which in the Dutch copies were ...
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