 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 746 pages
...method we shall taW with any one who shall attack our property in this or a;iy other copy that we havu fairly bought and paid for, I am, Sir, your very humble servant, JACOB TONSON. Thursday, April I \, 1145." " LXXX. That fine medallion of Archbishop Loud, of which there is a type in Evelyn, p.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...chuse to proceed with the University by way of reprisal, for their scandalous invasion of our rights, than by law ; which reasons will not hold good as...other copy that we have fairly bought and paid for," &c. . For the temporary obstruction, from whatever cause, to his projected edition of Shakespeare,... | |
 | Samuel Pegge - Anas - 1818 - 392 pages
...if you call on. me any afternoon about four or five o'clock, I doubt not I can shew you such a title as will satisfy you, not only as to the original copy,...servant, JACOB TONSON. " Thursday, April 11, 1745-" LX. Written with a diamond upon a pane of glass : " Philip Williams. Frail Glass, thou bear'st my name... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - Authors, English - 1897 - 512 pages
...1745, in which Tonson threatens Cave with a Chancery suit if he prints Shakespeare. That, he says, 'will be the method we shall take with any one who...other copy that we have fairly bought and paid for.' The University of Oxford, it was true, had lately published Hanmer"s edition ; but, ' if you call on... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1897 - 550 pages
...1745, in which Tonson threatens Cave with a Chancery suit if he prints Shakespeare. That, he says, 'will be the method we shall take with any one who...other copy that we have fairly bought and paid for.' The University of Oxford, it was true, had lately published Hanmer's edition ; but, ' if you call on... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - Literature - 1923 - 594 pages
...if you call on me any afternoon about four or five o'clock, I doubt not I can shew you such a title as will satisfy you, not only as to the original copy,...humble servant, Jacob Tonson. Thursday, April 11, 1745. In referring to the copyright in Shakespeare's works as "our property" and as a "copy that we have... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 564 pages
...seen a proposal of yours for printing an edition of Shakespeare which I own much surprised me. ... As you are a man of character I had rather satisfy...other copy that we have fairly bought and paid for. JACOB TONSON. April I1, 1745. In 1547 a suggestion by Dodsley led to the Plan for a Dictionary, and... | |
 | Robert Anderson - College readers - 696 pages
...chuse to proceed with the University by way of reprisal, for their scandalous invasion of our rights, than by law ; which reasons will not hold good as...other copy that we have fairly bought and paid for," &c. For the temporary obstruction, from whatever cause, to his projected edition of Shakespeare, he... | |
 | Joanna Gondris - Editing - 1998 - 428 pages
...if you call on me any afternoon about four or five o'clock, I doubt not I can shew you such a title as will satisfy you, not only as to the original copy,...humble servant, Jacob Tonson. Thursday. April 11, 1745 24 To soften the disappointment of the failed project, Tonson, I conjecture, gave the impecunious Johnson... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1809 - 716 pages
...character, I had rather satisfy you of our right by argument than by the expence of a Chancery suit, niiich will be the method we shall take with any one who...paid for< I am, Sir, your very humble servant, JACOB TQKSON. T/mrsiiay, April 11. 1745." " LXXX. That fine medallion of Archbishop I .-.mil, of which there... | |
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University by way of reprisal for their scandalous invasion of our right, than by law, which reasons will not hold good as to any other persons who shall take the same liberty. As you are a man of character, I had rather satisfy you of our right by argument... 