| William Stone Booth - 1909 - 660 pàgines
...YoU ArE Number'D. WE HaD RatheR YoU WerE WeighD. EspeciallY, WheN ThE FatE OF AIL BookeS DependS VPON YouR Capacities-. AnD NoT OF YouR HeadS AlonE, BuT OF YouR PurseS. WelL! IT IS NoW PubliquE, & YoU WiL StanD FoR YouR PriuiledgeS WeE KnoW: TO ReaD, AnD CensurE. DO SO, BuT BuY IT FirsT. ThaT... | |
| 1910 - 308 pàgines
...him that can but spell ; — there you are number'd. We had rather you were weighed, especially when the fate of all bookes depends upon your capacities,...of your purses. Well ! It is now publique, and you wil stand for your priviledges wee know; to read and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That doth best... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1906 - 1290 pàgines
...you are number'd. We had rather you were weighd. Especially, when the fate of all Bookes depends vpon s though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide & you wil stand for your priuiledges wee know: to read, and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That... | |
| 1910 - 482 pàgines
...you are number'd. We had rather you were weighd. Especially, when the fate of all Bookes depends vpon your capacities: and not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well ! it is now publique, & you wil stand for your priuiledges wee know : to read, and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That... | |
| George Frederick Kunz - 1916 - 122 pàgines
...The following p'assage from the preface is well worth quoting, its spirit is so delightfully modern: The fate of all Bookes depends upon your capacities,...alone, but of your purses. Well! It is now publique, & you wil stand for your priviledges, wee know: to read, and censure. 27 Do so, but buy it first. That... | |
| Alexander Cargill - 1916 - 230 pàgines
...spell ; there you are numbered. We had rather you were weighed, especially, when the fate of all books depends upon your capacities ; and not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well ! It is now public, and you will stand for your privileges we know ; to read and censure. Do so, but buy it first.... | |
| Albert Hatton Gilmer - 1916 - 20 pàgines
...spell. There you are numbered. We had rather you were weighed. Especially, when the fate of all books depends upon your capacities ; and not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well 1 It is now public, and you will stand for your privileges we [7] KING SHAKESPEARE " Renowned Spenser,... | |
| John Rylands Library - 1923 - 628 pàgines
...to him that can but spell. There you are number'd. We had rather you were weigh'd. Especially, when the fate of all Bookes depends upon your capacities...! It is now publique, and you will stand for your priviledges, wee know : to read and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That doth best commend a Booke,... | |
| Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn, George Bagshawe Harrison - 1923 - 140 pàgines
...Then follows the remarkable address: John Heminge. Henry Condell.' ' To the great Variety of Readers. not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well! It is now publique, & you will stand for your priviledges wee know : to read, and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That... | |
| George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1924 - 880 pàgines
..."self-profit," Heminge and Condell plead for many purchasers, reminding the readers that "the fate of all books depends upon your capacities: and not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well ! it is now public, and you will stand for your privileges, we know: to read and censure. Do so, but buy it first.... | |
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