 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 392 pages
...Wealth, and thinking the Influence of fifty Pounds extremely great, he expected the firft Au» thours of the Kingdom to appear as Competitors} and offered the Allotment of the Prize to the Univerfities. But when the Time came, no Name was feen among the Writers that had been ever feen before... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 428 pages
...Wealth, and thinking the Influence of fifty Pounds extremely great, he expected the firft Au* thours of the Kingdom to appear as Competitors} and offered the Allotment of the Prize to the Univerfities. But when the Time came, no Name was feen among the Writers that had been ever feen before... | |
 | 1774 - 390 pages
...Wealth, and thinking the Influence of fifty Pounds extremely great, he expe£ted the firft Au; thours of the Kingdom to appear as Competitors; and offered the Allotment of the Prize t6.the Urii• verfities. But when the'Time came, ~no.Name was feen among the Writers that had been... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 501. extremely great, he expected the firft authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors; and offered the allotment of the prize to the univerfities. But when the time came, no name was feen among the writers that had been ever feen before;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50 1. extremely great, he expected the firft authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors; and offered the allotment of the prize to the univerfities. But when the time came, no name was feen among the writers that had been ever feen before;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 676 pages
...acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50 1. extremely great, he expe£ked the firft authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors; and offered the allotment of the prize to the univerfities. But when the time came, no name was feen among the writers that had been ever feen before;... | |
 | Biography - 1795 - 408 pages
...newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50l. extremely great, he expected the rirft authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors, and offered the allotment of the prize to the univerfities. But when the time came, no name was feen among the writers that had been ever feen before... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 454 pages
...ncxvly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50!. extremely great, he expected the firft authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the univeriities. But when the time came, no name was feen among the writers that had been ever feen before... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 560 pages
...wealth, and thinking the influence of 50!. extremely great, lie c.\p<;£ted the firll authors of die kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the univerfities. Eut when the time c.ime, no name was fecn among the writers that had been ever leen before... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...on ' Life, Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell.' See Gent. Mag. vol. iv. p. 560. N. BOSWELL. ' Cave sometimes offered subjects for poems, and proposed...among the writers that had ever been seen before ; the universities and several private men rejected the province of assigning the prize.' Johnson's Works,... | |
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The first prize was fifty pounds, for which, being but newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of fifty pounds extremely great, he expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors; and offered the allotment of the prize... 
