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" Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed... "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 72
1796
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An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London: With Anecdotes of ..., Volume 2

John Thomas Smith - 1846 - 484 pages
...booksellers in the reign of Charles II., says, " Little Britain, was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors, and men went thither as to a market. This drew a mighty trade, the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them,...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - 1855 - 818 pages
...of Charles II., say« : " Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned author«, and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade, the rather because the «hop« were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 pages
...booksellers in the reign of Charles II., lays : " Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors, and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a might; trade, the rather because the shops were spaclous, and the learned gladly resorted to them,...
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1859 - 854 pages
...had no small loss of him. Little Britain was, in the middle of the last century, a plentiful emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty Irade, the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they...
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The Streets of London: Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents, by John ...

John Thomas Smith - 1861 - 470 pages
...booksellers in the reign of Charles II., says, " Little Britain waa a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors, and men went thither as to a market. This drew a mighty trade, the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them,...
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The Christian world magazine (and family visitor).

1866 - 978 pages
...booksellers in the reign of Charles II., and says, " Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors, and men went thither as to a market. This drew a mighty trade, the rallier because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them,...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - 1868 - 902 pages
...booksellers in the reign of Charles II., says : " Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors, and men went thither as to a market....This drew to the place a mighty trade, the rather because the shops were spacious and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - 1868 - 896 pages
...of Charles II., says : " Little Uritain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned author?, and men went thither as to a market. This drew to the place a mighty trade, the rather because the shops were spacious and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed to...
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Bibliomania: Or Book-madness; a Bibliographical Romance

Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1876 - 804 pages
...of books, between that time and ours. Then, Little- Britain was a.plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a...This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned gladly resorted to them, where they seldom failed...
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The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North: Baron Guilford; the Hon ..., Volume 2

Roger North - 1890 - 388 pages
...trade of books, between that time and ours.1 Then Little Britain was a plentiful and perpetual emporium of learned authors ; and men went thither as to a...This drew to the place a mighty trade ; the rather because the shops were spacious, and the learned 1 As to the state of the bookselling trade in the...
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