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... hundred and fifty guineas , in consideration of ten thousand verses , which the said John Dryden , Esq , is to deliver to me Jacob Tonson , when finished , whereof seven thousand five hundred verses , more or less , are already in the ...
... hundred and fifty guineas , in consideration of ten thousand verses , which the said John Dryden , Esq , is to deliver to me Jacob Tonson , when finished , whereof seven thousand five hundred verses , more or less , are already in the ...
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... hundred , more or less ; he the said Jacob Tonson being obliged to make up the foresaid sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the second impression of the fore- said ten ...
... hundred , more or less ; he the said Jacob Tonson being obliged to make up the foresaid sum of two hundred sixty - eight pounds fifteen shillings three hundred pounds , at the beginning of the second impression of the fore- said ten ...
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... hundred pounds were to be paid him for each volume . The number of subscribers was five hundred and seventy - four , and of copies eight hundred and nineteen ; so that his profit , when he had paid his assistants , was still very con ...
... hundred pounds were to be paid him for each volume . The number of subscribers was five hundred and seventy - four , and of copies eight hundred and nineteen ; so that his profit , when he had paid his assistants , was still very con ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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