 Strafford; and after the first ebullitions of their fury were over, what was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion. Mr. Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Strana 4971869Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1858 - Počet stránok 866
...against him who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I and the Earl of Strafibrd. What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion, and in a twelvemonth not more than forty-five copies were sold." Afterward the sale revived, and Hume's... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - Počet stránok 572
...hazardous and uncertain. Hume, in 1754, published the first volume of his ' History of England.' He says, ' Mr. Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it.' Gibbon published the first volume of his ' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' in 1 776 : 'I am... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - Počet stránok 600
...and uncertain. Hume, in 1754, published the first -volume of his ' History of England.' He says, ' Mr. Millar told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of ii.' Gibbon published the first volume of his ' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' in 1 776 : '... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - Počet stránok 572
...him who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford." " What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion, and in a twelvemonth not more than forty-five copies were sold." Even Hume, a stoic hitherto in his... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - Počet stránok 570
...shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of 204 Calamities of Authors. Strafford." "What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion, and in a twelvemonth not more than forty-five copies were sold." Even Hume, a stoic hitherto in his... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - Počet stránok 580
...detestation ;" and after the first ebullitions of the fury of his assailants were over, he adds, " what was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion : Mr. Miller told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it." He was so bitterly disappointed,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - Počet stránok 578
...even detestation;" and after the first ebullitions of the fury of his assailants were over, he adds, "what was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion : Mr. Miller told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it." He was so bitterly disappointed,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - Počet stránok 826
...man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the earl of Strafford ; and after the first ebullitions of their fury were...considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. I must only except the primate of England, Dr Herring, and the primate of Ireland, Dr Stone,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - Počet stránok 564
...detestation ;" and after the first ebullitions of the fury of his assailants were over, he adds, " what was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion : Mr. Miller told me that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it." He was so bitterly disappointed,... | |
 | David Hume - 1864 - Počet stránok 654
...man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford; and after the first ebullitions of their fury were...mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion. Mr. Miller told me, that in a twelvemonth he sold only fortyfive copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard... | |
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