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... hundred years ago , I am far from hoping to discover . Cer- tainly , he who in two years sells thirteen hundred copies of a volume in quarto , bought for two payments of 51. each , has no reason to repent his purchase . When Milton ...
... hundred years ago , I am far from hoping to discover . Cer- tainly , he who in two years sells thirteen hundred copies of a volume in quarto , bought for two payments of 51. each , has no reason to repent his purchase . When Milton ...
Page 129
... hundred copies of fourteen hundred lines were likely to be transcribed . An author has a right to print his own works , and need not seek an apology in falsehood ; but he that could bear to write the dedication felt no pain in writing ...
... hundred copies of fourteen hundred lines were likely to be transcribed . An author has a right to print his own works , and need not seek an apology in falsehood ; but he that could bear to write the dedication felt no pain in writing ...
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... hundred verses , more or less , are already in the said Jacob Tonson's possession . And I do hereby farther promise , and engage myself , to make up the said sum of two hundred and fifty guineas three hundred pounds sterling to the said ...
... hundred verses , more or less , are already in the said Jacob Tonson's possession . And I do hereby farther promise , and engage myself , to make up the said sum of two hundred and fifty guineas three hundred pounds sterling to the said ...
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