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... DODSLEY .. .. 189 .. 214 233 247 VII . - WILLIAM HUTTON VIII . - EDWARD CAVE ; RALPH GRIFFITHS X. - ANDREW MILLAR ; CADELL AND STRAHAN XI . - JOHN NEWBERY XII . THE CHAPTER COFFEE - HOUSE EDWARD DILLY ; THOMAS DAVIES ; PETER ELMSLEY ...
... DODSLEY .. .. 189 .. 214 233 247 VII . - WILLIAM HUTTON VIII . - EDWARD CAVE ; RALPH GRIFFITHS X. - ANDREW MILLAR ; CADELL AND STRAHAN XI . - JOHN NEWBERY XII . THE CHAPTER COFFEE - HOUSE EDWARD DILLY ; THOMAS DAVIES ; PETER ELMSLEY ...
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... Dodsley . Did Pope ever hear Henry Woodfall sing that famous ballad of ' Darby and Joan , ' which he made when he was apprenticed to Mr. Darby , of whom Dunton says , " He goes to Heaven with the Anabaptists " —whose wife is " chaste as ...
... Dodsley . Did Pope ever hear Henry Woodfall sing that famous ballad of ' Darby and Joan , ' which he made when he was apprenticed to Mr. Darby , of whom Dunton says , " He goes to Heaven with the Anabaptists " —whose wife is " chaste as ...
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... Dodsley . Did Pope ever hear Henry Woodfall sing that famous ballad of ' Darby and Joan , ' which he made when he was apprenticed to Mr. Darby , of whom Dunton says , " He goes to Heaven with the Anabaptists " -whose wife is " chaste as ...
... Dodsley . Did Pope ever hear Henry Woodfall sing that famous ballad of ' Darby and Joan , ' which he made when he was apprenticed to Mr. Darby , of whom Dunton says , " He goes to Heaven with the Anabaptists " -whose wife is " chaste as ...
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... remain unknown , Johnson had his true commercial answer , " Nay , Sir , those who write in them write well , in order to be paid well . ” I CHAPTER IX . ROBERT DODSLEY . N one of 188 SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS . CHAP . VIII .
... remain unknown , Johnson had his true commercial answer , " Nay , Sir , those who write in them write well , in order to be paid well . ” I CHAPTER IX . ROBERT DODSLEY . N one of 188 SHADOWS OF THE OLD BOOKSELLERS . CHAP . VIII .
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... Dodsley , born at Mansfield in 1703 , is supposed to have been the son of a humble school- master of that town , and to have received his only education under his father , who kept the Free - school . His early ... DODSLEY . -ROBERT DODSLEY.
... Dodsley , born at Mansfield in 1703 , is supposed to have been the son of a humble school- master of that town , and to have received his only education under his father , who kept the Free - school . His early ... DODSLEY . -ROBERT DODSLEY.
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Seite 236 - I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me.
Seite 235 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Seite 103 - now you talk of translators, what is your method of managing them ? ' ' Sir,' replied he, ' these are the saddest pack of rogues in the world : in a hungry fit, they'll swear they understand all the languages in the universe. I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter and cry, "Ah, this is Hebrew, and must read it from the latter end.
Seite 13 - Church's Services. Edited by the Very Rev. WF Hook, DD New Edition, fcap. 8vo. large type, 6s. 6rf. Antique calf, or morocco, 1Is. 6d. Holy Thoughts and Prayers, arranged for Daily Use on each Day 'of the Week, according to the stated Hours of Prayer.
Seite 113 - On the day the book was first vended, a crowd of authors besieged the shop ; entreaties, advices, threats of law and battery, nay cries of treason, were all employed to hinder the coming out of the " Dunciad ; " on the other side, the booksellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it.
Seite 225 - This person was no other than the philanthropic bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard, who has written so many little books for children : he called himself their friend; but he was the friend of all mankind. He was no sooner alighted, but he was in haste to be gone; for he was ever on business of the utmost importance, and was at that time actually compiling materials for the history of on
Seite 197 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Seite 179 - I am guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it, my reflections are filled with repentance for my imprudence, but not with any remorse for being a villain, that may be a character you unjustly charge me with.
Seite 103 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care ? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
Seite 10 - Perowne (Canon). The Book of Psalms. A New Translation, with Introductions and Notes, Critical and Explanatory.