 I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand; and the bookseller's property was twice...  The Review of English Studies - Página 4211926Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Aikin - 1803 - 770 páginas
...wondered at that he was much elated with the success it really met with, which he thus describes : " The first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and a third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and die bookseller's property was twice invaded... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the...impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1814 - 726 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the...impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1825 - 338 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the...impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the... | |
 | 1830 - 336 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the...impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work, without betraying tbe vanity »f the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third •... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 878 páginas
...without scandal, an inquiry into the human causes of the progress and establishment of Christianity. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the...impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1164 páginas
...but whatever may be m tncccti, be finds in this very application a pleasure ever varied and ever new. I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work, withou betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was es hausted in a few days ; a second... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 540 páginas
...of the Roman Empire' appeared in 4to., and was received by the public in the most favourable manner: 'the first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand.' The sewnd and third volumes, which terminated the history... | |
 | 1838 - 1056 páginas
...the Roman Empire' appeared in 4to., and was received by the public in the most favourable manner : ' the first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand.' The second and third volumes, which terminated the history... | |
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