 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 364 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 Shakspeare; which probably did not together make one thousand Copies; facts adduced by the critic to... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1878 - 642 páginas
...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 - 676 páginas
...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 - 180 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 - 214 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 - 394 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 Shakspeare ; which probably did not together make one thousand Copies ; facts adduced by the critic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 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 Henry Edwards - 1900 - 534 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 - 206 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 - 292 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... | |
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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... 
