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" It must indeed be confessed that never man threw up his pen, under stronger temptations to have employed it longer. His reputation was at a greater height, than I believe ever any living author's was before him. "
The Works - Página 157
de Jonathan Swift - 1803
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The Present State of Wit in a Letter to a Friend in the Country. London, 1711

John Gay - 1711 - 86 páginas
...than all their other News Papers put together. It must indeed be confessed that never man threw up his pen, under stronger temptations to have employed...considerable. Every one read him with pleasure and good-will ; and the Tories, in respect to his other good qualities, had almost forgiven his unaccountable...
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Joseph Addison and Richard Steele: The Critical Heritage

Edward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom - 1995 - 508 páginas
...than all their other News Papers put together. It must indeed be confessed that never man threw up his pen, under stronger temptations to have employed...him. It is reasonable to suppose that his gains were proportlonably considerable. Every one read him with pleasure and goodwill; and the Tories, in respect...
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The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information

C. John Sommerville - 1996 - 208 páginas
...render'd happy, by shewing them it was their own fault if they were not so. 29 Since, as Gay observed, "his reputation was at a greater height than, I believe, ever any living Author's was before him," there was evidently a market for morality— if not for religion—in the "informed public." And soon...
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Men of Letters and the English Public in the Eighteenth Century, 1660-1744 ...

Alexandre Beljame - 1998 - 528 páginas
...confess'd that never Man threw up his Pen under Stronger Temptations to have employed it longer ; H1s Reputation was at a greater height than, I believe, ever any living Author's was before him . . , Everyone read him with Pleasure and GoodWill ; and the Tories, in respect to his other Good Qualities,...
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