 Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 418by Samuel Johnson - 1823Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...Strahan the printer told me. that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...to the press in portions as it was written, and had nerer since read it over.|| Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley, purchased it for a hundred... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 856 pages
...that he received for the copy £100, and £25 more when it came to a second edition ; that he wrote it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press...it was written, and had never since read it over. Having been early in 1~62 represented to the king as a learned and •scellent man without any certain... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 pages
...written the figure 8 instead of 9, which is evidently a mistake. — HARwOOD. See ante, p. 323 ED.] some little debts which she had left. He told Sir...was written, and had never since read it over". Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr. Dodsley, purchased it for a hundred pounds, but afterwards paid him... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1831 - 138 pages
...Rassclas, Prince of Abyssinia, — a beautiful, useful tale, and one of the most popular of his works : he composed it in the evenings of one week — sent...to the press in portions as it was written — and never read it again for several years. But it bears no marks of haste or incorrectness , on the contrary,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 pages
...written the figure 8 instead of 9, which is evidently a mistake. — HARWOOD. See ante, p. 323 — ED.] some little debts which she had left. He told Sir...Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week1, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and had never since read it over2. Mr. Strahan,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 pages
...written the figure 8 instead of 9, which is evidently a mistake. — UARWOOD. See ante, p. 323 — ED.] some little debts which she had left. He told Sir...Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week1, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and had never since read it over'2. Mr.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits lie might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week 4, sent it to the press ED. 1 [But it is observable that the Idlers which now bear the dates of the... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...which he wrote for the express purpose of defraying the expense of her funeral, He told Sir Jo-hua Reynolds that he composed it in the evenings of one...it was written, and had never since read it over. He received for the copy £100, and £25 when it came to a second edition. Eulogy on a work which is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 378 pages
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts...written, and had never since read it over. (') Mr. Strahan, Mr. Johnston, and Mr.Dodsley, purchased it for a hundred pounds; but afterwards paid him twenty-five... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits lie might defray the expense no more. " That the dead are seen no more (said Imlac), I will not undertake to maintain, against the co lie composed it in the evenings of one week 4, sent it to the press 1 [But it is observable that the... | |
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