 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...  Shadows of the Old Booksellers - Page 202by Charles Knight - 1865 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 pages
...by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation. ... I scarcely heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book." In the first anguish of disappointment, he talked of changing his name, and becoming a citizen of France.... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 pages
...by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation. ... I scarcely heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book." In the first anguish of disappointment, he talked of changing his name, and becoming a citizen of France.... | |
 | Edmund William Gosse - 1891 - 462 pages
...by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation. ... I scarcely heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book." In the first anguish of disappointment, he talked of changing his name, and becoming a citizen of France.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1896 - 346 pages
...in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters,...separately sent me messages not to be discouraged." It certainly is odd to think of David Hume being comforted in his affliction by the independent and... | |
 | E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 pages
...changing his name and of going to reside in France. " I scarcely heard," he wrote, " of any man in the three kingdoms considerable for rank or letters that could endure the book." The reason seems to have been that Hume laid an undue stress upon the privileges of the prerogative... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 pages
...in a twelvemonth, he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters,...separately sent me messages not to be discouraged. I was, however, I confess, discouraged; and had not the war been at that time breaking out between... | |
 | David Hume - 1907 - 324 pages
...in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. 1 must only except the primate of England, Dr. Herring, and the primate of Ireland, Dr. Stone, which... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1909 - 234 pages
...in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters,...separately sent me messages not to be discouraged." It certainly is odd to think of David Hume being comforted in his affliction by the independent and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1914 - 344 pages
...in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it. I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters,...separately sent me messages not to be discouraged." It certainly is odd to think of David Hume heing comforted in his affliction by the independent and... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1917 - 440 pages
...by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation. ... I scarcely heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book." In the first anguish of disappointment, he talked of changing his name, and becoming a citizen of France.... | |
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