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" On the day the book was first vended, a crowd of authors besieged the shop ; entreaties, advices, threats of law and battery, nay cries of treason, were all employed to hinder the coming out of the " Dunciad ; " on the other side, the booksellers and... "
Shadows of the Old Booksellers - Page 103
by Charles Knight - 1865 - 320 pages
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...Authors befieged the Shop ; Entreaties, Adrices, Threats of Law, and Battery, nay Cries of Treafon were all employed to hinder the coming out of the Dunciad: On the other Side the Bookfellers and Hawkers made as great Effort to procure it : What could a few poor Authors do againft...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...wonderfully exemplified on this Occafion. On the Day the Book was firft vended, a Crowd of Authors befieged the Shop ; Entreaties, Advices, Threats of Law, and Battery, nay Cries of Treafon were all employed to hinder the coming out of the Dunciad: On the other Side the Bookfellers...
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The Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers

Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 316 pages
...Authors befieged the Shop ; Entreaties, Advice , Threats of Law, and Battery, nay Crits of Treafon, were all employed to hinder the coming out of the Dunciad. On the other Side, theBookfellers and Hawkers made as great Efforts to procure it : What could a few poor Authors do again...
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The Works of Richard Savage ...: With an Account of the Life and ..., Volume 2

Richard Savage - 1777 - 298 pages
...of authors befieged the mop ; entreaties, advices, threats of law and battery, nay cries of treafon were all employed, to hinder the coming out of The Dunciad : On the other fide, the bookfellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it : What could a few poor authors...
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The Works of Richard Savage ...: With an Account of the Life and ..., Volume 2

Richard Savage - 1777 - 322 pages
...befieged the flrop i entreaties, advices, the arts of law, and battery, nay cries of treafon were ell employed, to hinder the coming out of The Dunciad: On the other fide, the bookfellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it : What could a few poor authors...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 444 pages
...authors befieged the " fhop; intreaties, advices, threats of law and batc< tery, nay, cries of treafon, were all employed to " hinder the coming out of the Dunciad : on the " other fide, the bookfellers and hawkers made as " great an effort to procure it. What could a few " poor...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes, Complete. With ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 442 pages
...authors befieged the " mop ; intreaties, advices, threats of law and bat" tery, nay, cries of treafon, were all employed to " hinder the coming out of the Dunciad : on the " other fide, the bookfellers and hawkers made as " great an effort to procure it. What could a few " poor...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...censuie as those who are the greatest slanderers, which was wonderfully ' exemplified on this occasion. On the day the book was first vended, a :' crowd of authors besieged the shop; intreaties, advices, threats of law '' and battery, nay cries of treason, were all employed to hinder...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical ..., Volume 3

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 340 pages
...authors befieged the ftiop ; intreaties, advices, " threats of law and battery, nay cries of treafon, «c were all employed to hinder the coming out of " the ' Dunciad ;' on the other fide, the book-, "fellers and hawkers made as great efforts to ** procure it. What could a few poor...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...occasion. On the day the book was first vendedi"a " crowd of authors besieged the shop; intreaties, advices, threats of law " and battery, nay cries of treason, were all employed to hinder the com" ing out of the ' Dunciad :' on the other side the booksellers and hawkers " made as great efforts...
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