 | James Boswell - 1885 - 490 pages
...Johnson, "but newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of fifty pounds very great, Cave expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear...came, no name was seen among the writers that had ever been seen before." — Life of Cave. A second prize of forty pounds, and some others of inferior... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 pages
...to the universities. But when the time came, no name was seen among the writers that had ever been seen before ; the universities and several private men rejected the province of assigning the prize.1 Johnson's Works, vi. 432. 1 I suspect that Johnson wrote ' the Castle Inn, Birmingham.' ' Mrs.... | |
 | William Henry Hills - 1889 - 210 pages
...first prize was ,£50, for which, thinking the influence of the amount extremely great, he confidently expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear...prize to the universities. But when the time came for the distribution of the prizes, no name was seen among the writers that had ever been seen before.... | |
 | George Stuart Gordon - 1927 - 188 pages
...things. Being, says Johnson, 'but newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50 /. extremely great, he expected the first authors of...universities. But when the time came, no name was seen among his writers that had been ever seen before ; the universities and several private men rejected the... | |
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The first prize was £.50, for which, being but newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of £.50 extremely great, he expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the universities.... 
