 Nobody contributes, who is not willing; and though a good book may be run down and a bad one cried up, for a time; yet sooner or later, the reward will be in proportion to the merit of the work. A writer's fame...  The Pamphleteer - Page 201edited by - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Copyright - 1771 - 166 pages
...although the jury have found publifhing ONLY. property of their own works; no man contributes that is not willing ; and though a good book may be run down, and a bad book may be kept up for a time, fooner or later the proportion of the reward will be to the merit of... | |
 | Henry Lemoine - Printing - 1797 - 168 pages
...not willing: and though a good book may be nm down, and a bad one cried up, for a time ; yet, fooner or later, the reward will be in proportion to the merit of the work. A writer's fame will not be the lefs, that he has bread, without being under the necefiity of profti luting his pen to flattery or... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Burrow - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 650 pages
...way of doing it, is, by securing to them the property Of their own works. Nobody contributes, who is not willing ; and though a good book may be run down, and a baa one cried up, for a time : yet sooner or later, VOL. 17. 2C 1769, MILLAR V. TAYLOR. 2335 2336 J7G9.... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1819 - 592 pages
...way of doing it, is, by securing to them the property of their own works. Nobody contributes who is not willing: and though a good book may be run down,...reward will be in proportion to the merit of the work. ' He who engages in a laborious -work, (such for instance as Johnson's Dictionary,) which may employ... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pages
...way of doing it, is, by securing to them the property of their own works. Nobody contributes who is not willing : and though a good book may be run down,...reward will be in proportion to the merit of the work. ' He who engages in a laborious work, (such for instance as Johnson's Dictionary,) which may employ... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1819 - 622 pages
...the property uf their own works. Nobody contributes who is not willing: and though a good book miy be run down, and a bad one cried up for a time, yet sooner or later, the reward "ill be in proportion to the merit of the work. 'He who engages in a laborious work, (such for instance... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1843 - 552 pages
...way of doing it, is by securing to them the property of their own works. Nobody contributes who is not willing, and though a good book may be run down...the merit of the work. A writer's fame will not be less that he has bread, without being under the necessity of prostituting his pen to flattery or party... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...their own works. By that means, nobody contributed who was not willing; and though a good book might be run down, and a bad one cried up, for a time, yet sooner or later the reward would be fairly proportioned to the merit of the work. ' A writer's fame,' added this learned and upright... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...their own works. By that means, nobody contributed who was not willing; and though a good book might be run down, and a bad one cried up, for a time, yet sooner or later the reward would be fairly proportioned to the merit of the work. ' A writer's fame,' added this learned and upright... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...their own works. By that means, nobody contributed who was not willing; and though a good book might be run down, and a bad one cried up, for a time, yet sooner or later the reward would be fairly proportioned to the merit of the work. ' A writer's fame/ added this learned and upright... | |
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