 | Samuel Johnson - 1816
...paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1&23 to 1661, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818
...To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 166'4, that is, fortyone 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, Arthur Murphy - 1820
...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 Shakespear, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820
...paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from I&23 - / to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, which proba\ bly did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821
...prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 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. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823
...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 Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823
...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 Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | John Milton - 1824
...prove the pau" city of readers, it may be suffi" cient to remark, that the na" tion 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 to" getber make one thousand co" pies. The sale of thirteen "... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825
...To prove the paucity of readers, it may be sufficient to remark, that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, fortyone years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare, 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... 
