 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 - Seite 3221857 - 408 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1871 - 808 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...politics, he might hope to be a member of parliament, a lord of the treasury, an embassador, a secretary of state. It would be easy, on the other hand, to...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 hand, to...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 Seiten
...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 hand, to...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 - 854 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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