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" I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then added, that... "
A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 440
by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...Iliad; tha " designed to print it, and had desiied him to look it over ; that he i " therefore beg that I would not desire him to look over my first book, '' cause, if he did, it would have the air of double dealing.' I ass " him that 1 did not at all take...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

1802 - 362 pages
...; that he designed " to print it, and had desired him to look it over; " that he must therefore beg that I would not desire " him to look over my first book, because if he did it " would havethe air of double-dealing. I assured him " that I did not at all take...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself,; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then ackled, that ,1 would not desire him to look over my fir?t <c book of the Iliad, because lie had looked...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: Prior. Congreve. Blackmore ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering...could wish to have the benefit of his observations on the second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon' Accordingly I sent...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly had as much riijlit to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering...him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because lie had looked over Mr. Tickell's; but could wish to have the benefit of his observations on the second,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...his translation; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and tli.it publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then...him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because lie had looked over Mr. Tickell's; but could w isli to have the benefit of his observations on the...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pages
...that he. was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly had as much right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering...added, that I would not desire him to look over my ftrst book of the //,v./, because he had looked over Mr. Tickcll's ; but could wish to have the benefit...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Lansdowne, Yalden ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...stage. I then added, that I would not desire him to look over my first book of the Iliad, because lie had looked over Mr. Tickell's; but could wish to have the benefit of his observations un the second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon. Accordingly I...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
..." that he designed to print it, and had desired him " to look it over ; that he must therefore beg that I " would not desire him to look over my first book, " because, if he did, it would have the air of double" dealing.' I assured him that I did not at all...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly had as irtuch right to translate any author as myself; and that publishing both was entering on a fair stage. I then added, that I iwould not desire him to look over my first book of the Jliad, because he had looked over Mr. Tickell's...
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