...mosfareary part of the dreary \ , ..»n>\ interval which separated two ages of prosperity. f'\. "*A ' / Literature had ceased to flourish under the patronage...the great, and had not begun to flourish under the v 1 patronage of the public^ One man of letters, indeed, '" i'ope, had acquired by his pen what was...

...not the most inviting of places for a struggling man of letters in 1 7 3 7. As Macaulay observes, " literature had ceased to flourish under the patronage...begun to flourish under the patronage of the public." Ministers had ceased to value the political services of writers as highly as they did in Addison's...

...separated two ages of prosperity. Literature had ceased to flourish under the patronage of the great, and not begun to flourish under the patronage of the public....Pope, had acquired by his pen what was then considered a handsome fortune, and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this...

...prosperity. Literature had ceased to nourish under the patronage of the great, and not begun to nourish under the patronage of the public. One man of letters,...Pope, had acquired by his pen what was then considered a handsome fortune, and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this...

...emancipate him from the patron ; but the transition period was a trying one for the professional writer. ' Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary...begun to flourish under the patronage of the public.' The booksellers of the day were the smallest of small capitalists, and liable to have even their comparatively...

...an ambassador, a secretary of state. It would be easy, on the other hand, to name several writers 30 of the nineteenth century of whom the least successful...pen what was then considered as a handsome fortune, 5 and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this was a solitary exception....

...an ambassador, a secretary of state. It would be easy, on the other hand, to name several writers 30 of the nineteenth century of whom the least successful...pen what was then considered as a handsome fortune, 5 and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this was a solitary exception....

...his vocation in the most dreary part of the dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperit' Literature had ceased to flourish under the patronage...pen what was then considered as a handsome fortune, 5 and lived on a footing of equality with nobles and ministers of state. But this was a solitary exception....

...hand, to name several writers of the nineteenth century of whom the least successful has received 20 forty thousand pounds from the booksellers. But Johnson...under the patronage of the great, and had not begun 25 to flourish under the patronage of the public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope, had acquired by...

...nineteenth century of whom the least suc25 cessful has received forty thousand pounds from the booksellers.2 But Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary...under the patronage of the great, and had not begun to 30 flourish under the patronage of the public. One man of letters, indeed, Pope,0 had acquired by his...