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Pagina 40
... pounds , with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition ; and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edi- tion ; and another five pounds after the ...
... pounds , with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition ; and again , five pounds after the sale of the same number of the second edi- tion ; and another five pounds after the ...
Pagina 41
... pounds each , has no reason to repent his purchase . When Milton showed " Paradise Regained " to Elwood , " This , " said he , " is owing to you ; gained . " Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which ...
... pounds each , has no reason to repent his purchase . When Milton showed " Paradise Regained " to Elwood , " This , " said he , " is owing to you ; gained . " Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgment of his own works . On that which ...
Pagina 42
... pounds a year ; and had a thousand pounds for his " Defence of the Peo- ple . ' His widow , who , after his death , retir- ed to Namptwich , in Cheshire , and died about 1729 , is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds ...
... pounds a year ; and had a thousand pounds for his " Defence of the Peo- ple . ' His widow , who , after his death , retir- ed to Namptwich , in Cheshire , and died about 1729 , is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds ...
Pagina 44
... pounds , though Dr. Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum , one hundred pounds were placed in the stocks , after some de- bate ...
... pounds , though Dr. Newton brought a large contribution ; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson , a man who is to be praised as often as he is named . Of this sum , one hundred pounds were placed in the stocks , after some de- bate ...
Pagina 54
... pounds a year still called Butler's tenement . Wood has his information from his brother , whose narrative placed him at Cambridge , in opposition to that of his neighbours , which sent him to Oxford . The brother seems the best ...
... pounds a year still called Butler's tenement . Wood has his information from his brother , whose narrative placed him at Cambridge , in opposition to that of his neighbours , which sent him to Oxford . The brother seems the best ...
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