 Chapter coffee-house, which is frequented by those encouragers of literature, and (as they are styled by an eminent critic) 'not the worst judges of merit, the booksellers.' The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications; but their...  Select British Classics - Strana 311803Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 348 str.
...booksellers.' The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...be greater than for Pope, he would have the highest place on the rubric-post. There are also many parts of every work liable to their remarks, which fall... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 366 str.
...conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications; but their criticisms are somewhat smgular. When they say a good book, they do not mean to praise...Conger, is best which sells most; and if the demand for Queries should be greater than for Pope, he would have the highest place on the rubric-post. There... | |
 | 1866 - 768 str.
...turns upon the newest publications, but the criticisms are somewhat singular. When the booksellers say a good book, they do not mean to praise the style...sentiment, but the quick and extensive sale of it A few nights ago I saw one of these gentlemen take up a serшоп, and after seeming to peruse it for... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most ; and if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most ; and if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 336 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most ; and, if the demand for Quarles should be greater than, for Pope, he would... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 336 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most ; and, if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 str.
...says: — "The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications, but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...sentiment, but the quick and extensive sale of it That book is best which sells most." In 1770 Chatterton, in one of those apparently hopeful letters which he... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 594 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications ; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most : and if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would... | |
 | David Masson - 1899 - 344 str.
...booksellers. The conversation here naturally turns upon the newest publications; but their criticisms are somewhat singular. When they say a good book,...but the quick and extensive sale of it. That book is best which sells most ; and, if the demand for Quarles should be greater than for Pope, he would... | |
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