A letter to W. Mason ... concerning his edition of mr. Gray's poems and the practices of booksellers, by a bookseller [J. Murray].1777 |
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... Dodfley , ( who by the bye , according to Mr. Mafon's idea , is the greatest of all literary thieves ) of the liberty of taking extracts from new books for the ufe of his Annual Regifter , what would be the fate of that profitable ...
... Dodfley , ( who by the bye , according to Mr. Mafon's idea , is the greatest of all literary thieves ) of the liberty of taking extracts from new books for the ufe of his Annual Regifter , what would be the fate of that profitable ...
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... Dodfley in- ferted in this collection , not fifty lines , but one third part of all Miss " Aicken's Poems . Afk him ... Dodf- ley is a fair and honourable Book- feller , while John Murray is a pirati- cal one . AD- C 4 ADMIT Mr. Mafon's ...
... Dodfley in- ferted in this collection , not fifty lines , but one third part of all Miss " Aicken's Poems . Afk him ... Dodf- ley is a fair and honourable Book- feller , while John Murray is a pirati- cal one . AD- C 4 ADMIT Mr. Mafon's ...
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... Dodfley has done of Mifs Aicken's . At the worst , I have taken but fifty lines from a quarto of five hundred pages ; and have inferted them in a volume , ad- mitted by Mr. Mafon himself , to be common property , and which was free to ...
... Dodfley has done of Mifs Aicken's . At the worst , I have taken but fifty lines from a quarto of five hundred pages ; and have inferted them in a volume , ad- mitted by Mr. Mafon himself , to be common property , and which was free to ...
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... Dodfley upon the Poems of Mifs Aicken , and the works of other au- thors , for the fupport of this col- lection , did not deferve one hun- dred times the cenfure and reproach that my venial and accidental tref- pass did ? After fome ...
... Dodfley upon the Poems of Mifs Aicken , and the works of other au- thors , for the fupport of this col- lection , did not deferve one hun- dred times the cenfure and reproach that my venial and accidental tref- pass did ? After fome ...
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... Dodfley , who ap- propriates to his own ufe five hun- dred lines of Miss Aicken's Poems , which another perfon had legally bought the property of from the au- thor , is an honeft man , and Mr. Mason employs him for his book- feller ...
... Dodfley , who ap- propriates to his own ufe five hun- dred lines of Miss Aicken's Poems , which another perfon had legally bought the property of from the au- thor , is an honeft man , and Mr. Mason employs him for his book- feller ...
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accompliſh advertiſement affigned againſt Aicken's Poems alfo alſo Annual Regifter aſked avarice becauſe befides bookfellers cation cauſe cenfure certain bookfellers Chriſtian confiderable Court of Chancery decifion deferving defign defire Different bookſellers difintereſted conduct diſcovered Dodfley edition emolument English Garden entitled exclufive right Extract fale fame fatisfaction fcience feems felf feller fhall fhould fidered fifty lines file a bill fince firft firſt fixteen pages fmiling fold fome degree foon fradulent practices friendſhip ftands fuftain fuppofe furely furniſhed Gray Gray's Poems greateſt himſelf Hoel honeft honour inferted inftance injury laft life-time literary property Mafon's idea Magazine Maſon Memoirs Mifcellany Miſs moſt Murray MURRAY'S REPUTED ACT muſt perfon permitted perty piracy pirate pleaſure Precentor of York prefumed preſent pretend printed profecute profeffion profits publiſhed quarto queftion reaſon redreſs refolved ſay ſmall ſurely tain thefe theſe thor tion treſpaſs uſe Verfes verſes Voltaire whofe
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Página 58 - in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather cf" feminacy, and a vifible faftidioufnefs, or contempt, " and difdain of his inferiors in fcience. He alfo " had, in fome degree, that weaknefs which difgufted " Voltaire fo much in Mr. Congreve : though he " feemed to value others chiefly according to the pro...
Página 58 - ... merely as a man of letters; and though without birth, or fortune, or station, his desire was to be looked upon as a private independent gentleman, who read for his amusement.
Página 60 - To rush and sweep them from the world ! Too, too secure in youthful pride, By them, my friend, my Hoel, died, Great Cian's son : of Madoc old He ask'd no heaps of hoarded gold ; Alone in Nature's wealth array'd, He ask'd and had the lovely Maid.
Página 61 - Or the grape's ecstatic juice. Flush'd with mirth and hope they burn, But none from Cattraeth's vale return, Save Aeron brave, and Conan strong, (Bursting through the bloody throng) And I, the meanest of them all, That live to weep and sing their fall.
Página 59 - What signifies so much knowledge, when it produced so little? Is it worth taking so much pains to leave no memorial but a few poems?
Página 61 - And redd'ning Phcebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require. My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire.
Página 61 - And in my breaft the imperfect joys expire. Yet morning fmiles the bufy race to cheer, And new-born pleafure brings to happier men : The fields to all their wonted tribute bear : To warm their little loves the birds complain...
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