...literature is shown, by this indifference, to have been nothing at all. ' I might perhaps,' says Johnson, ' have accepted of less, but that Paul Whitehead had...poem, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.' ' I knew,' Johnson writes, under an assumed character, in the ' Rambler,' ' that no performance is...

...Johnson ten guineas, who told me, " I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that Paul \Vhitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." 1 may here observe, that Johnson appeared to me to undervalue Paul Whitehead upon every occasion when...

...conference, he bargained for the whole property of it, for which he gave Johnson ten guineas, who told me, " proportion with learning ; that they had hardly any...trade, any money, or any elegance, before the Union ; t poem, and I would not take leas than Paul Whitehead." I may here observe, that Johnson appeared to...

...see nothing in ' London ' that could be deemed personal satire ; so he agreed to Johnson's terms. " Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas...poem, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." On the same morning of May that ' London ' was published came out Pope's ' One Thousand Seven Hundred...

...conference he bargained for the whole property of it, for which he gave Johnson ten guineas ; who told me, ' I might perhaps have accepted of less, but that Paul...Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a pocm, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead.' I may here observe, that Johnson appeared to...

...conference, he bargained for the whole property of it, for which he gave Johnson ten guineas, who told me, " I might, perhaps, have accepted of less ; but that...; and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." I may here observe, that Johnson appeared to me to undervalue Paul Whitehead upon every occasion when...

...by Robert Dodsley, who ultimately bought the copyright for ten guineas. " I might," says Johnson, " perhaps have accepted of less ; but that Paul Whitehead...; and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." This rather makes us stare in these days, knowing, as we do, that hundreds of pounds are now given...

...become president of the council, he would not leave the woolsack till he had secured an immedi" but Paul Whitehead had a little before got ten guineas...poem, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." ate ^nnsion of two thousand a year, a prospective pension of four tn;usand a year, and the reversion...

...sold for ten guineas, said that he might, perhaps, have been content with less ; " but Paul AVhitehead had a little before got ten guineas for a poem, and I would not take less than Paul Whitehead." too disreputable to figure on the English Civil List, were quietly and snugly quartered on the Irish...

...president of the council, he would not leave the woolsack till he had secured an immedi" but Paul Whitehcad had a little before got ten guineas for a poem, and I would not take less tliau Paul Wliitehead." CHAP. III.] CHARLES JAMES FOX. ate pension of two thousand a year, a prospective...