 | Michael McKeon - 2006 - 942 σελίδες
...meaning sometimes among the sports of the field, and sometimes among the manufactures of the shop." "The call for books was not in Milton's age what it...present, To read was not then a general amusement .... The women had not then aspired to literature, nor was every house supplied with a closet of knowledge."2'... | |
 | Michael McKeon - 2005 - 1864 σελίδες
...books was not in Milton's age what it is in the present, To read was not then a general amusement .... The women had not then aspired to literature, nor...every house supplied with a closet of knowledge."** Returning now to my summary account of innovative features in the early modern royal household, we... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 474 σελίδες
...if it be considered, will justify the publick. Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions....call for books was not in Milton's age what it is at present. To read was not then a general amusement ; neither traders, nor often gentlemen, thought... | |
 | David Loewenstein - 2006 - 472 σελίδες
...publication see the Introduction. Johnson says : " The sale, if it be considered, will justify the public.... The call for books was not in Milton's age, what it is at present [1779 — 'T^i]-" He notes that between 1623 and 1664 there were only two editions, perhaps... | |
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The call for books was not in Milton's age what it is in the present. To read was not then a general amusement ; neither traders nor often gentlemen thought themselves disgraced by ignorance*. The women had not then aspired to literature 3, nor was every... 
