 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 539 páginas
...Lost " sold in eleven years; and the nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1623 to 1644, 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... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870
...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 Shakspeare; which probably did not together make one-thousand Copies ; facts adduced by the critic... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1872
...were sold in eleven years ; and the nation, says Dr. ohnson, had been satisfied from 1623 to 1644, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare ; which probably did not together make icoo copies: facts adduced by the critic to prove... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876
...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 Shakspeare ; which probably did not together make one thousand Copies; facts adduced by the critic... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876
...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 Shakspeare; which probably did not together make one thousand Copies; facts adduced by the critic to... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878
...as a proof of the paucity of readers in the seventeenth century 'that the nation had been satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of Shakespeare, which probably did not together make 1,000 copies.'2 By the middle of the eighteenth century,... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880
...were sold in eleven years ; and the nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1623 to 1644, that is, forty-one years, with only two editions of the works of Shakspeare ; which probably did not together make 1000 copies: facts adduced by the critic to prove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 139 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1892 - 120 páginas
...copies of the Work were sold in eleven years; and the Nation, says Dr. 5 Johnson, 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; facts adduced by the critic to... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1893
...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 Shakspeare ; which probably did not together make one thousand Copies ; facts adduced by the critic... | |
| |
... 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... 
