| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 504 pages
...Dryden, they heard, as they were conversing, another person entering the house. " This," said Dryden, " is Tonson. You will take care not to depart before...promised him ; and if you leave me unprotected, I must suffer all the rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue." What rewards he obtained... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...was wont to Delate, that one day he heard another person enter the house. «Tbis,» said Dryden, « is Tonson : you will take care not to depart before...rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue. »' But whatever occasional subjects of dissention arose between Dryden and his bookseller, mutual... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...was wont to relate, that one day he heard another person enter the house, «This,» said Dryden, « is Tonson : you will take care not to depart before...to which his resentment can prompt his tongue.»' But whatever occasional subjects of dissention arose between Dryden and his bookseller, mutual interest,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1826 - 430 pages
...This' said Dryden, ' is Tonson. You will take care not to depart be. fore hegoes away : for I nave not completed the sheet which I promised him ; and if you leave me uuprotected, I must tnfferaU the rndeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue.' - - . . What... | |
| William Goodhugh - Best books - 1827 - 402 pages
...visited Dryden, they heard as they were conversing, another person enter the house. "This (said Dryden) is Tonson; you will take care not to depart before...having refused to advance him a sum of money for a work on^which he was employed, he sent a second messenger to the bookseller, with a satirical triplet, adding,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pages
...priest, was wont to relate, that one day he heard another person enter the house. " This," said Dryden, " is Tonson : you will take care not to depart before...rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue." * But whatever occasional subjects of dissention arose between Dryden and his bookseller, mutual interest,... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 566 pages
...priest, was wont to relate, that one day he heard another person enter the house. " This," said Dryden, " is Tonson : you will take care not to depart before...away ; for I have not completed the sheet which I premised him ; and if you leave me unprotected, I shall suffer all the rudeness to which his resentment... | |
| William Goodhugh - Best books - 1827 - 402 pages
...visited Drydeo, they heard as they were conversing, another person enter the house. "This (said Dryden) is Tonson; you will take care not to depart before he goes away, for 1 have not completed the sheet which I promised him, and ifyou leave me unprotected, I shall suffer... | |
| Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1829 - 344 pages
...person enter the house. "This," said Dryden, "is Tonson: you will take care not to depart before is goes away ; for I have not completed the sheet which...rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue."* But whatever occasional subjects of dissension arose hooked nose."—Dryden hints to Tonson himself... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 516 pages
...priest, was wont to relate, that one day he heard another person enter the house. " This," said Dryden, "is Tonson: you will take care not to depart before...rudeness to which his resentment can prompt his tongue." 1 But whatever occasional subjects of dissension arose between Dryden and his bookseller, mutual interest,... | |
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