 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...off six hundred copies, of which I had got sub" scriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — " My vanity was highly gratified by the reception "...with from the public ; and besides, I " pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty " pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as " I was thinking of indenting... | |
 | 1801 - 860 pages
...threw off fix hundred copies, of which I had got fubfcriptions for about three hundred and fifty,— My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I met with from the public; and befides, I pocket ed, all expences deelufled, nearly twenty pounds. This fum came very feaibnably,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1801 - 818 pages
...fix hundred copies, of which I had got lubfcriplions /or about three hundred and fifty. Mv vanity wa^ highly gratified by the reception I met with from the public ; and bclides, I pocketed, a!I expenles deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This turn came very fcafonably, as... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I...with from the public ; and besides I pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very 'seasonably, as I was thinking of indenting... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty—My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I met...with from the public ; and besides I pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as I was thinking of indenting... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 422 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I met with from the public ; and be^ sides I pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...off six hundred copies, of which I had got O 2 subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I...nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as 1 was thinking of indenting myself, for want of money to procure my passage. As soon as I was master... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I...deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonally, as I was thinking of indenting myself, for want of money to procure my passage. As soon... | |
 | 1819 - 364 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I...with from the public ; and besides I pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as I was thinking of indenting... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...threw off six hundred copies, of which I had got subscriptions for about three hundred and fifty. — My vanity was highly gratified by the reception I...with from the public ; and besides I pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly twenty pounds. This sum came very seasonably, as I was thinking of indenting... | |
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This sum came very seasonably, as I was thinking of indenting myself, for want of money to procure my passage. As soon as I was master of nine guineas, the price of wafting me to the torrid zone, I took a steerage passage in the first ship that was to... 
