 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 342 pages
...worth a half-penny. The Observator is fallen; the Medleys are jumbled together with the FlyingPost; the Examiner is deadly sick. The Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price.'. Swift's Workt, cr. 8vo. vol. xU.' p. 173. short, the necessity of carrying a stamp, and the improbability... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pages
...operate, Swift says, ' The Observator is fallen; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying-post; the Examiner is deadly sick; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price,' &c. Swift's Works, vol. xix. p. 173. The Guardian having appeared daily, during the interval between... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...queen. ' Have you seen the red-stamp ? Methinks the stamping is worth a half-penny. The Observator is fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together with...sick. The Spectator keeps up and doubles its price.' See Swift's Works, cr. 8vO. vol. xix. p. 173. short the necessity of carrying a stamp, and the improbability... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 682 pages
...worth a halfpenny. The Observator is fallen ; the Medleys are jurahied together with the Flying-Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick. The Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price.' Swif,'s Works, cr. 8vo. vol. xix. p. 173. peace. A sheet of blank paper that must have this new imprimatur... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 322 pages
...worth a halfpenny. The Observator is fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying-Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick. The Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price.' Swift's Works, cr. 8vo. vol. xix. p. 173. peace. A sheet of blank paper that must have this new imprimatur... | |
 | Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis) - 1834 - 280 pages
...murders now for love or money. The Observator is fallen. The Medleys are jumbled together with the Plying Post. The Examiner is deadly sick. The Spectator keeps...doubles its price. I know not how long it will hold.' Ib. Aug. 7, 171* bier, World, Observer, Freeholder, Adventurer, Englishman, Idler, Lounger, Connoisseur,... | |
 | 1834 - 550 pages
...murders now for love or money. The Observator is fallen. The Medleys are jumbled together with the Plying Post. The Examiner is deadly sick. The Spectator keeps...doubles its price. I know not how long it will hold.' Ib. Aug. 7, 171iJ. bier, World, Observer, Freeholder, Adventurer, Englishman, Idler, Lounger, Connoisseur,... | |
 | William West - 1837 - 236 pages
...pays a halfpenny to the ,Queen. The Observatqr is fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together witk <he Flying Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator...know not how long it will hold. Have you seen the red ttamptite papers are marked with ; M«thinks the stamping is worth a halfpenny." Ibid. Aug. 7 , 1712.—... | |
 | William West - 1837 - 256 pages
...halfpenny to the Queen. The Obscrvatori* fallen; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Post; <he Examiner is deadly sick; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price; 1 Ttnow not hovr long it will hold. Have you seen the red ttamp the papers are marked with ; Methinks... | |
 | 1850 - 1254 pages
...of other people's, but now every single half sheet pays a halfpenny to the Queen. The ' Observator ' is fallen : the ' Medleys ' are jumbled together with...you seen the red stamp the papers are marked with 1 Methinks it is worth a halfpenny the stamping." Grub Street was not, however, so easily put down... | |
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Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price ; I know not how long it will hold. Have you seen the red stamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks it is worth a halfpenny,... 
