 | John Aikin - Biography - 1815 - 506 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...not troubled with their vanity and impertinence." To comment on such sentiments would be super« fluous. In 1767 Mr. Walpole entirely renounced public... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...not troubled with their vanity and impertinence." Dr. Aikin very justly remarks, " To comment on such sentiments would be superfluous.'' Declining altogether... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
...parts, and said he was ex•remely amusing. For her quarrel with him, I paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France they spoil us ; but that was no business of mine. I who am an author must own this conduct... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France they spoil us ; but that was no business of mine. I who am an author must own this conduct... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France they spoil- us ; but that was no business of mine. I who am an author must own this conduct... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...not troubled with their vanity •and impertinence. In France, they spoil us ; but that was no business of mine. I, who am an author, must own this conduct... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France, they spoil us; but that was no business of mine. I, who am an author, must own this conduct... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France, they spoil us; but that was no business of mine. I, who am an author, must own this conduct... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity, by which means we are not troubled wifh their vanity and impertinence. In France, they spoil us ; but that was no business of mine. I,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 574 pages
...seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity,...are not troubled with their vanity and impertinence. In France, they spoil us; but that was no business of mine.' I, who am an author must own this conduct... | |
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You know in England we read their works, but seldom or never take any notice of authors. We think them sufficiently paid if their books sell, and of course leave them to their colleges and obscurity, by which means we are not troubled with their vanity... 
