 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...earliest numbers was printed. Johnson's Works, v. 349. In the Life of Cave Johnson describes it as ' a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known wherever the English language is spoken.' Ib. vi. 431. 4 Yet the early numbers contained verses as grossly indecent as I. — 9 indeed, 1 3o... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the " Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known...the English language is spoken. To this undertaking lie owed the affluence in which be passed the last twenty years of his life, and the fortune which... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 pages
...scheme is known where. I'ver the English langnage is spoken. To this nn. dertaking he owed the afflnence in which he passed the last twenty years of his life ; and the fortnne vi:ich he left behind him, which, thongh larg• had yet been larger, had he not rashly and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...a sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the "Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known...undertaking he owed the affluence in which he passed the hist twenty years of his life; and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though large had yet... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...a sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the "Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known wherever the English O language is spoken. To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which he passed the last twenty... | |
 | 1811 - 644 pages
...printing house, and began the " Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which thq «cheme is Known wherever the English language is spoken....the last twenty years of his life; and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though large, had been yet larger, had he not rashly and wantonly... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 646 pages
...a sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing house, and began the " Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is Known...To this undertaking he owed the affluence in which be passed the last twenty years of his Jife; and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 734 pages
...collected a sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began The Gentleman's Magazine, a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known...the last twenty years of his life, and the fortune which he left behind him, which, though large, had been yet larger, had lie not rashly and wantonly... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 546 pages
...sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the " Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known...the last twenty years of his life ; and the fortune which he left behind him, though large, had been yet larger, had he not rashly and wantonly impaired... | |
 | 1813 - 536 pages
...sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the " Gentleman's Magazine," a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known...the last twenty years of his life; and the fortune which he left behind him, though large, had been yet larger, had he not rashly and wantonly impaired... | |
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By this constancy of diligence and diversification of employment, he in time collected a sum sufficient for the purchase of a small printing-office, and began the Gentleman's Magazine, a periodical pamphlet, of which the scheme is known wherever the English... 
