Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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Page 279
... booksellers , who , like all other men , have strong prejudices in their own fa- vour , are enough inclined to think the practice of printing and selling books by any but them- selves , an encroachment on the rights of their fraternity ...
... booksellers , who , like all other men , have strong prejudices in their own fa- vour , are enough inclined to think the practice of printing and selling books by any but them- selves , an encroachment on the rights of their fraternity ...
Page 332
... Booksellers to print an elegant and accurate edition of all the English Poets of reputation , from Chaucer to the present time . Accordingly a select number of the most re- spectable booksellers met on the occasion ; and , on consulting ...
... Booksellers to print an elegant and accurate edition of all the English Poets of reputation , from Chaucer to the present time . Accordingly a select number of the most re- spectable booksellers met on the occasion ; and , on consulting ...
Page 407
... booksellers , that they might have pushed him on till he had got repu- tation . I sold my History of Scotland at a moder- ate price , as a work by which the booksellers might either gain or not ; and Cadell has told me that Millar and ...
... booksellers , that they might have pushed him on till he had got repu- tation . I sold my History of Scotland at a moder- ate price , as a work by which the booksellers might either gain or not ; and Cadell has told me that Millar and ...
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