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" I expect fifty pounds in good silver; not such as I have had formerly. I am not obliged to take gold*, neither will I; nor stay for it beyond four and twenty hours after it is due. "
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ... - Page 291
by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley - 1812
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The Welcome guest, Volume 3

1861 - 756 pages
...one occasion he wrote, " I expect forty pounds in good silver, not auch ая I had formerly. 1 am no! obliged to take gold, neither will I ; nor stay for it above lour and twenty honra after it i» clue. But this was nothing ; often the well born prf was ruffled...
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Shadows of the Old Booksellers

Charles Knight - 1865 - 348 pages
...coming up which much perplexes the bookseller. In October, 1695, the poet writes, " I expect fifty pounds in good silver : not such as I had formerly....obliged to take gold, neither will I, nor stay for it beyond fourand-twenty hours after it is due." The sellers and the buyers in all trades are sorely disturbed...
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Poetical Works: With a Memoir, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...there were at least forty shillings brass.' Again, ' I expect .£50 in good silver, not such as I have had formerly. I am not obliged to take gold, neither will I, nor stay for it, four and twenty hours after it is due. You always intended I should get nothing by the second subscriptions,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Dryden

Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - 1869 - 486 pages
...bran I " Again, (ibid., p. 122,) " I expect L.50 in good silver, not such as I have had formerly. 1 am not obliged to take gold, neither will I ; nor stay for it beyond four-and-twenty hours after it is due. You always intended I should get nothing by the second...
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Report 1-, Volumes 1-2

Royal commission on historical manuscripts - 1870 - 534 pages
...a few days to begin the 8th ; when that is finished he expects 50/. in good silver, not such as he had formerly. " I " am not obliged to take gold, neither will I; nor stay " for it beyond 24 hours after it is due." (They were evidently then on bad terms.) verses ; corrects a line...
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Parliamentary Papers, Volume 33

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1871 - 396 pages
...a few days to begin the 8th ; when that is finished he expects 50/. in good silver, not such as he had formerly. " I " am not obliged to take gold, neither will I ; nor stay " for it beyond 24 hours after it is due." (They were evidently then on bad terms.) 30. The same to the same...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1897 - 764 pages
...upon the eighth : when that is finished, I expect fifty pounds in good silver, not such as 1 have nad formerly. I am not obliged to take gold, neither will I ; nor stay for it beyond four and twenty hours after it is due." And the letter proceeds with other accusations even...
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dublin university magazine

George Herbert - 1872 - 730 pages
...coming up which much perplexes the bookseller. In October, 1695, the poet writes, " I expect fifty pounds in good silver : not such as I had formerly....obliged to take gold, neither will I, nor stay for it beyond four-andtwenty hours after it is due." The sellers and the buyers in all trades are sorely disturbed...
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Every Saturday

1872 - 740 pages
...coming up which much perplexes the bookseller. In October, 1U95, ill,- poet writes, "I expect fitty pounds in good silver : not such as I had formerly. I am not obliged to take gold, neither will 1 ; nor stay for it beyond four and twenty hours after it is due." The sellers and the buyers in all...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 79

1872 - 882 pages
...coming up which much perplexes the bookseller. -In October, 1695, the poet writes, "I expect fifty pounds in good silver : not such as I had formerly. I am not obliged to tale gold, neither will I, nor stay for it beyond four-andtwenty hours after it is due." The sellers...
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