...that, when the eighth " jEneid " is finished, he expects ".£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." In another, " I lost thirty shillings, or more, by the last...

...Exeter], and intend some few days hence to go upon the eighth : when that is finished, 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-and-twenty hours after it is due. I thank you for the civility of your last letter in the...

...ST1C /4. AUTHORS' AND PUBLISHERS. eid' is finished, he expects '^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-andtwenty hours after it is due.' In another, ' I lost thirty shillings, or more, by the last...

...go upon the eight: when that is finished, 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 houres after it is due. I thank you for the civility of your last letter * A...

...is 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 loo May & ]ш it beyond four and twenty houn after it is due." The tellers and the buyers in all trades...

...would be made. On one occasion he wrote : — ' 1 expect forty pounds in good silver, not such as I hud formerly ; I am not obliged to take gold, neither will I, nor stay for it above fournud twenty hours after it is due.' But this was nothing : often the well-born poet was ruffled...