| William Wordsworth - 1908 - 636 pages
...were sold in eleven years ; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1623 to Ki64, 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... | |
| Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1910 - 518 pages
...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.2 " It is a proof, because if... | |
| John Ker Spittal - Literary Criticism - 1923 - 438 pages
...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... | |
| Edward George Harman - 1924 - 262 pages
...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 altogether make one thousand copies." Johnson has some further... | |
| Edward George Harman - 1925 - 352 pages
...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 altogether make one thousand copies. Johnson has some further remarks... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 498 pages
...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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Criticism - 1920 - 388 pages
...the Work were sold in eleven years; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 16:3 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... | |
| Alvin B. Kernan - Biography & Autobiography - 1989 - 384 pages
...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. Johnson was by no means alone... | |
| David Bromwich - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 320 pages
...the Work were sold in eleven years; and the Nation, says Dr. Johnson, had been satisfied from 1613 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... | |
| John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...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... | |
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