 | Samuel Johnson - 1894
...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... | |
 | William Henry Edwards - 1900 - 507 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, fortyone years, with only two editions of Shakespeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. ' ' Probably not more than one-half... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 179 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 Shakspeare, which probably did not together make one thousand copies. The sale of thirteen hundred... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1905 - 260 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1908
...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... | |
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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... 
