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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... , feems not 66 66 ( as it now ftands ) to give him damages from the delinquent , ade- quate to the injury he may fuf- " tain . " 66 B 2 BE- BEFORE I analyze this formidable performance , permit me to WILLIAM MASON , A. M. 7.
... , feems not 66 66 ( as it now ftands ) to give him damages from the delinquent , ade- quate to the injury he may fuf- " tain . " 66 B 2 BE- BEFORE I analyze this formidable performance , permit me to WILLIAM MASON , A. M. 7.
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... delinquent adequate to the injury he may fuftain ! WITHOUT enquiring what damages , according to Mr. Mafon's idea , are adequate to the prefent enormous of- fence , he may be asked , with pro- priety , what renders the trespass more ...
... delinquent adequate to the injury he may fuftain ! WITHOUT enquiring what damages , according to Mr. Mafon's idea , are adequate to the prefent enormous of- fence , he may be asked , with pro- priety , what renders the trespass more ...
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... delinquent re- fuses to give , the plaintiff may , per- haps , be justified in applying for it to the laws of his country . BUT was Mr. Mafon refused re- drefs for the mock injury he com- plains of ? By no means . And this fact clothes ...
... delinquent re- fuses to give , the plaintiff may , per- haps , be justified in applying for it to the laws of his country . BUT was Mr. Mafon refused re- drefs for the mock injury he com- plains of ? By no means . And this fact clothes ...
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... delinquent ade- quate to the injury he may fuftain * , when * THE law , as it ftands , makes the de- linquent accountable for the full profits he may have acquired by any real act of li- terary when without having recourse to law at all ...
... delinquent ade- quate to the injury he may fuftain * , when * THE law , as it ftands , makes the de- linquent accountable for the full profits he may have acquired by any real act of li- terary when without having recourse to law at all ...
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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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Сторінка 61 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Сторінка 57 - Perhaps he was the most learned man in Europe. He was equally acquainted with the elegant and profound parts of science, and that not superficially, but thoroughly. He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil; had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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?
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 57 - Perhaps he was the moft learned man in Europe. "He was equally acquainted with the elegant and " profound parts of fcience, and that not fuperfi