It would be easy, on the other hand, to name several writers of the nineteenth century of whom the least successful has received forty thousand pounds from the booksellers. But Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of the dreary interval... New Biographies of Illustrious Men - Page 3201857 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...Lserature had ceased to flourish under the patrcssp of the great, and had not begun to flourish an>1? the patronage of the public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope, had acquired by his pen what »j= then considered as a handsome fortune, and lira on a footing of equality with nobles and Mimsen... | |
| 1857 - 884 pages
...happier than might have been expected. The lover continued to be under the illusions of the weddingday till the lady died in her sixty-fourth year. On her...Pope, had acquired by his pen what was then considered aa a handsome fortune, and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 340 pages
...entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of the dreary interval which separated two ages lof prosperity. Literature had ceased to flourish under...the [patronage of the great, and had not begun to nourish under ithe patronage of the public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope , had acquired by his... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1862 - 508 pages
...aptitude for polities, he might hope to be a member of parliament, a lord of the treasury, an ambassador, a secretary of state. It would be easy, on the other...public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope, had acquired bv his pen what was then considered as a handsome fortune, and lived on a footing of equality with... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 682 pages
...aptitude for politics, he might hope to be a member of Parliament, a lord of the treasury, an ambassador, a secretary of state. It would be easy, on the other...under the patronage of the great, and had not begun to nourish under the patronage of the public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope, had acquired by his pen... | |
| Cyril Church - 1883 - 864 pages
...uphill fight in the literary arena in a period conspicuous for its non-recognition of literature, which had ceased to flourish under the patronage of the great, and had not yet gained the patronage of the great public by which it was henceforth to live. Many were the repulses... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pages
...ambassador, a secretary of state. 1 It would be easy, on the other hand, to name several writers 2 of the nineteenth century, of whom the least successful...pen what was then considered as a handsome fortune, 3 and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this was a solitary exception.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pages
...the most dreary part of the dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Literature had 10 ceased to flourish under the patronage of the great,...a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of 15 state. But this was a solitary exception. Even an author whose reputation was established, and whose... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 136 pages
...which separated two ages of prosperity.] Literature hatl 10 ceased to flourish under thcTpatronage of the great, and had not begun to flourish under...a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of 15 state. But this was a solitary exception. Even an author whose reputation was established, and whose... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 202 pages
...the most dreary part of the dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Literature had 10 ceased to flourish under the patronage of the great,...a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of 15 state. But this was a solitary exception. Even an author whose reputation was established, and whose... | |
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