... the poor author, the proprietor I should say, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a purchaser : yet before he can propose to seek for a purchaser, he must patiently submit to have his goods rummaged at this new excise-office... The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer]. - Page 330by Thomas Mortimer - 1808Full view - About this book
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...Judge and Jury : But what is ftill more hard, though the poor Author, the Proprietor I fhould fay, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a Purchafer ; yet before he can propofe to feek for a Purchafer, he muft patiently fubmit to have his... | |
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...and Jury : But what is ftill more hard, . • though the poor Author, the Proprietor I fhould fay, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a Purch.ifer ; yet before he can propofe to feek for a Purchafer, he muft patiently fubmit to have his... | |
| British Plutarch - Great Britain - 1776 - 350 pages
...judge and jury. But what is ftill more hard, though the poor author, the proprietor, I fliould fay, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a purchafer; yet, before he can propofe to feek for a purchafer, he muft patiently fubmit to have his... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...judge, and jury. But what is (liii more hard, though the poor author, the proprietor I thould lay, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a purchafer; yet, before he can propofe to leek for a purchafer, he muSt patiently fubmit to have his... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Authors, English - 1779 - 490 pages
...comiffioner, judge, and jury. But what is ftill more hard, though the poor author, the proprietor I mould fay, cannot perhaps dine till he has found out and agreed with a purchafer ; yet, before he can propote to feek for a purchafer, he muft patiently fubmit to have his... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...proper way without a permit, and the lord chamberlain is to have the honour of being chief gauger, supervisor, commissioner, judge, and jury. But what...proprietor I should say, cannot perhaps dine till he as found out and agreed with a purchaser ; yet, before he can propose to seek for a purchaser, he must... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...proper way without a permit, and the lord chamberlain is to have the honour of being chief gauger, supervisor, commissioner, judge, and jury. But what...proprietor I should say, cannot perhaps dine till he as found out and agreed with a purchaser ; yet, before he can propose to seek for a purchaser, he must... | |
| William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...to have the honour of being a chief gauger, supervisor, commissioner, judge, and jury ; but u hat i^ still more hard, though the poor author, the proprietor...out and agreed with a purchaser, yet before he can pr< pose to seek for a purchaser, he must patiently submit to have his goods rummaged at this new excise-office,... | |
| William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1810 - 556 pages
...till he has found cut and agreed with a pui chaser, yet before he can propose to seek fora pin chaser, he must patiently submit to have his goods rummaged at this new excise-office, where they may be detained for fourteen dajs, and even then he may find them returned... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 384 pages
...proper way without a permit ; and the Lord Chamberlain is to have the honour of being chief gauger, supervisor, commissioner, judge, and jury. But, what...patiently submit to have his goods rummaged at this new excise-office ; where they may be detained for fourteen days, and even then he may find them returned... | |
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