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Page 157
... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed 250 on royal paper in folio , for two guineas a volume ; of the small folio , having printed 1750 copies of the first volume , he reduced the number in the other volumes to 1000 . It is ...
... printed for the subscribers . Lintot printed 250 on royal paper in folio , for two guineas a volume ; of the small folio , having printed 1750 copies of the first volume , he reduced the number in the other volumes to 1000 . It is ...
Page 161
... printed . For those copies Pope had nothing to pay ; he therefore received , including the 200l . a volume , 5320l ... printed edition , there must have been an intermediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it returned from the ...
... printed . For those copies Pope had nothing to pay ; he therefore received , including the 200l . a volume , 5320l ... printed edition , there must have been an intermediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it returned from the ...
Page 182
... printed and sold . This volume containing some letters from noblemen , Pope incited a prosecution against him in the House of Lords for breach of privilege , and attended himself to stimulate the resentment of his friends . Curll ...
... printed and sold . This volume containing some letters from noblemen , Pope incited a prosecution against him in the House of Lords for breach of privilege , and attended himself to stimulate the resentment of his friends . Curll ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16921742 | 65 |
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