...authors was at its worst when Samuel Johnson began his career in London. Macaulay compares the epoch to " a dark night between two sunny days. The age of patronage...general curiosity and intelligence had not arrived." The political patronage of men of letters was extinguished by Walpole, who found probably that he could...

...Garrick ; and it does not appear that, during those years, David Garriek saw much of his fellow-townsman. Johnson came up to London precisely at the time when...readers is at present so great that a popular author muy subsist in comfort and opulence on the profits of his works. In the reigns of William the Third,...

...not appear that, during those years, David Garrick saw much of his fellow-townsman. Johnson came np to London precisely at the time when the condition...It was a dark night between two sunny days. The age oi patronage had passed away. The age of general curiosity and intelligence had not arrived. The number...

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...Garrick ; and it does not appear that, during those years, David Garrick saw much of his fellow-townsman. Johnson came up to London precisely at the time when...It was a dark night between two sunny days. The age oí patronage had passed away. The age of general curiosity and intelligence had not arrived. The number...

...celebrated actor — and with the purpose of trying to live by his pen. 2. " This was," says Macaulay, " the time when the condition of a man of letters was...general curiosity and intelligence had not arrived." From this year, 1737, he laboured for a quarter of a century to maintain himself; and his life is a...

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