 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1766
...is fallen ; the Med~ lejt are jumbled together with the Flying Poft ; the Examiner is deadly tick; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price; I know not how long it will hold. Have you feen the red ftamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks the ftamping is worth a half- penny. Lord... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1766
...Med.* leys are jumbled together with the Flying Poft ; the Examiner is deadly fick; the Spec~* tator keeps up, and doubles its price; I know not how long it will hold. Have you feen the red ftamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks the ftamping is worth a half-penny. Lord Bolinghroke... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784
...Obfervator is fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Poft ; the Examiner is deadly fick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price ; I know not how long it will hold. Have you feen the red ftamp the papers are marked with ? Methinks the ftampingis worth a halfpenny. Lord Bolingbroke... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...seven papers * of " my own, beside some of other people's; but now every single " half sheet pays a halfpenny to the queen. The Observator is " fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flyingpost ; " the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles " its price ; I know... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...seven paper;, * of " my own, beside some of other people's; but now every single " half sheet pays a halfpenny to the queen. The Observator is " fallen; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flyingpost; " the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, -and doubles <' its price ; I know... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801
...seven papers * of " my own, beside some of other people's; but now every single " half sheet pays a halfpenny to the queen. The Observator is " fallen; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flyingpost; " the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles " its price ; I know... | |
 | 1803
...stamp-duty here alluded to took place on the 1st of August, 1712; and every single half-sheet paid a halfpenny to the queen. — ' The Observator is fallen ; the Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying-Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up, and doubles its price. I know not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808
...the queen. " Have you seen," says Swift, " the stamp ? Mcthinks the stamping is worth a halfpenny. The OBSERvATOR is fallen ; the MEDLEYS are jumbled...sick ; the SPECTATOR keeps up and doubles its price." This increased the price of each paper to twopence, the price, as we shall see afterwards, of periodical... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...the queen. " Have you seen," says Swift, " the stamp ? Methinks the stamping is worth a half-penny. The OBSERVATOR is fallen; the MEDLEYS are jumbled...sick; the SPECTATOR keeps up and doubles its price." This increased the price of each paper to two-pence, the price, as we shall see afterwards, of periodical... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...to the queen. " Have you seen," says Swift, "the stamp? Methinks the stamping is worth a half-penny. The OBSERVATOR is fallen ; the MEDLEYS are jumbled together with the Flying Post; the ENAMINER is deadly sick; the SPECTATOR keeps up and doubles its price." This increased the price of... | |
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