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Page ix
... give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands - be pleased , he knows not why , and cares not wherefore . " STERNE . SOUTHEY remarks that there are some persons who are willing to be pleased , and thankful for being ...
... give up the reins of his imagination into his author's hands - be pleased , he knows not why , and cares not wherefore . " STERNE . SOUTHEY remarks that there are some persons who are willing to be pleased , and thankful for being ...
Page x
... give to weightier truths their wings ; Convey a moral , or correct bad taste , Though aptly called light learning ... gives the essence of many minds instead of one . A quaint writer asserts that " every book is itself a quo- tation ...
... give to weightier truths their wings ; Convey a moral , or correct bad taste , Though aptly called light learning ... gives the essence of many minds instead of one . A quaint writer asserts that " every book is itself a quo- tation ...
Page 35
... give him two hundred and sixty - eight pounds for ten thousand verses ; and to complete the full number of lines stipulated , he gave the bookseller the Epistle to his Cousin , and the celebrated Ode . Lintot , Pope's publisher , was ...
... give him two hundred and sixty - eight pounds for ten thousand verses ; and to complete the full number of lines stipulated , he gave the bookseller the Epistle to his Cousin , and the celebrated Ode . Lintot , Pope's publisher , was ...
Page 50
... gives to the world more than two thousand five hundred new books , or editions , annually ; while France publishes about six thousand . There are thirteen hundred books published in the United States annually . Among modern bibliopoles ...
... gives to the world more than two thousand five hundred new books , or editions , annually ; while France publishes about six thousand . There are thirteen hundred books published in the United States annually . Among modern bibliopoles ...
Page 77
... gives the name of poverty to the want of superflui- ties . Good old Izaak Walton has something to say on this subject , too good to be omitted . Here it is : — " " I have a rich neighbor that is always so busy that he has no leisure to ...
... gives the name of poverty to the want of superflui- ties . Good old Izaak Walton has something to say on this subject , too good to be omitted . Here it is : — " " I have a rich neighbor that is always so busy that he has no leisure to ...
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