 | John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 страници
...Why, sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do?" He said, however, that " he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply: the next generation shall not accuse me," added he, " of beating down the price... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 534 страници
...Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do ? " He said, however, that " he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply : the next generation shall not accuse me (added he) of beating down the price... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi, Richard Cumberland - 1884 - 490 страници
...Why, Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do?" He said, however, that " he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply : the next generation shall not accuse me (added he) of beating down the price... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 436 страници
...Why, Sir, when they come to me with a dead staymaker and a dying parson, what can a man do?" He said, however, that he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply. "The next generation," added he, " shall not accuse me of beating down the price... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 страници
...Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do ' ?' He said, however, that 'he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply2: the next generation shall not accuse me (added he) of beating down the price... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 512 страници
...Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do'?' He said, however, that 'he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply2: the next generation shall not accuse me (added he) of beating down the price... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2006 - 302 страници
..."Why, sir, when they come to me with a dead staymaker and a dying parson, what can a man do?" He SAID, however, that "he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply. The next generation shall not accuse me," added he, "of beating down the price... | |
 | Hesther Lynch Piozzi - 2000 - 270 страници
..."Why, Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and a dying parson, what can a man do?" He said, however, that "he hated to give away literary performances, or even to sell them too cheaply: the next generation shall not accuse me (added he) of beating down the price... | |
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... hearing one day, and he did not deny it, that when Murphy joked him the week before for having been so diligent of late between Dodd's sermon and Kelly's prologue, that Dr. Johnson replied, "Why, Sir, when they come to me with a dead stay-maker and... 
