 ... read for pleasure or accomplishment, and who buy the numerous products of modern typography, the number was then comparatively small. To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Pagina 84geredigeerd door - 1780Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Johnson - 1973 - 492 pagina’s
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 | R. G. Moyles - 1985 - 208 pagina’s
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 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 pagina’s
...To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark that the nation had been satisfied, from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakespeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. Johnson was by no means alone... | |
 | David Bromwich - 1987 - 320 pagina’s
...the Work were sold in eleven years; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1613 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the Works of Shakspeare; which probably did not together make one-thousand Copies; facts adduced by the critic to... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 500 pagina’s
...To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied, from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakespeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 480 pagina’s
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 | Samuel Johnson - 2006 - 612 pagina’s
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