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" Lucretius to publish against Tonson's ; agreeing to pay the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's... "
The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last ... - Page 339
by Alexander Pope - 1760
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English Prose: Selections, Volume 3

Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...the author so many shillings on his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin ; but he went directly to Creech's translation and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now, what do you think I did...
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The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Critical Reviews ; The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1896 - 510 pages
...tbe author so many shillings at bis producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin ; bat he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the aimn. word for word, all but tbe first...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1900 - 414 pages
...many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and 3O I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same, word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 23

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 418 pages
...the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin ; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same, word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did...
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Sketches of Some Booksellers of the Time of Dr. Samuel Johnson

Edward Marston - Book industries and trade - 1902 - 184 pages
...pay the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made great progress in very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now what d'ye think I did...
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Good Company: A Rally of Men

Edward Verrall Lucas - Biography - 1909 - 384 pages
...the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the Corrector to compare with the Latin ; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same, word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did...
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Some Friends of Mine: A Rally of Men

Edward Verrall Lucas - Biography - 1909 - 394 pages
...the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the Corrector to compare with the Latin ; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same, word for word, all but the first page. Xow, what d'ye think I did?...
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English Prose: Seventeenth century

Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1917 - 648 pages
...the author so many shillings on his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin ; but he went directly to Creech's translation and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now, what do you think I did...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 2007 - 298 pages
...the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same, word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did?...
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