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Page 99
... and he sold his copy, April 27, 1667, to Samuel Simmons, for an immediate
payment of five pounds, with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when
thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again, five pounds after
the sale ...
... and he sold his copy, April 27, 1667, to Samuel Simmons, for an immediate
payment of five pounds, with a stipulation to receive five pounds more when
thirteen hundred should be sold of the first edition : and again, five pounds after
the sale ...
Page 107
is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds by entrusting it to a
scrivener; and that, in the general depredation upon the Church, he had grasped
an estate of about sixty pounds a year belonging to Westminster- Abbey, which,
like ...
is said to have reported that he lost two thousand pounds by entrusting it to a
scrivener; and that, in the general depredation upon the Church, he had grasped
an estate of about sixty pounds a year belonging to Westminster- Abbey, which,
like ...
Page 110
The profits of the night were only one hundred and thirty pounds, though Dr.
Newton brought a large contribution; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson, a
man who is to be praised as often as he is named. Of this sum one hundred
pounds ...
The profits of the night were only one hundred and thirty pounds, though Dr.
Newton brought a large contribution; and twenty pounds were given by Tonson, a
man who is to be praised as often as he is named. Of this sum one hundred
pounds ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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