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" With this assistance he went on till six in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of the coffee. Hence he was enabled to proceed with fresh vigour till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, when he finished the pamphlet,... "
Lives of the British Admirals:: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History ... - Page ix
by John Campbell - 1785
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 71

Books - 1785 - 620 pages
...was produflive of considerable profit. Mr. Campbell having fucceedcd fo well in a performance haitily written, expected much greater fuccefs from another...which he had taken extraordinary pains, and which had coil: him a long time in compoling. But when it came to be published, it fcarcely paid the expence...
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A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ...

Biography - 1795 - 408 pages
...fpirits flag, he took two ounces. With this afliftance he went on till fix in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of...which he had taken extraordinary pains, and which had eoft him a long time in compofing; but, when it came to be publifhed, it fcarcely paid the expence...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 546 pages
...spirits flag, he took two ounces. With this assistance he went on till six in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of the coffee. Hence he was enabled to proceed with fresh vigour till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, when he finished the pamphlet, which had a great...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1813 - 534 pages
...spirits flag, he took two ounces. With this assistance he went on till six in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of the coffee. Hence he was enabled to proceed with fresh vigour till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, when he finished the pamphlet, which had a great...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...spirits flag, he took two ounces. With this assistance he went on till six in the morning, when again beginning to grow weary, he drank the remainder of the coffee. Hence he was enabled to proceed with fresh vigour till nine or ten o'clock in the morning, when he finished the pamphlet, which had a great...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 6

Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...Mr. Campbell having succeeded so well in a performance hastily written, expected much greater success from another work, about which he had taken extraordinary pains, and which had taken him a long time in composing. But when it came to be published, it scarcely paid the expenses...
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The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature, Volume 1

Anthologies - 1888 - 496 pages
...Campbell having succeeded so we'.l in a performance hastily written, expected much greater success from another work, about which he had taken extraordinary pains, and which had taken him a long time in composing. But when it came to be published it scarcely paid the expenses...
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The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature, Volume 1

Anthologies - 1888 - 438 pages
...Mr. Campbell having succeeded so well in a performance hastily written, expected much greater success from another work, about which he had taken extraordinary pains, and which had taken him a long time in composing. But when it came to be published it scarcely paid the expenses...
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