 | William Wordsworth - 1908 - 636 páginas
...were sold in eleven years ; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1623 to Ki64, 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... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1910 - 518 páginas
...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.2 " It is a proof, because if... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 páginas
...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... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1924 - 262 páginas
...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 altogether make one thousand copies." Johnson has some further... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1925 - 352 páginas
...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 altogether make one thousand copies. Johnson has some further remarks... | |
 | 1909 - 498 páginas
...copies of the Work were sold in eleven years ; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, 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; facts adduced by the critic... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1920 - 388 páginas
...the Work were sold in eleven years; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 16:3 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... | |
 | Alvin B. Kernan - 1989 - 384 páginas
...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 - 310 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
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... 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... 
