...describe the success of the work, without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impressions were exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was upon every...

...loss,' says Gibbon, 'how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and a third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded...

...loss,' says Gibbon, 'how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and a third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded...

...I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work, without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days ;...third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand 5 and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was on every table,...

...with a burst of applause—it was a succes fou. The first impression was exhausted in a few days, and a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand. The wiser few were as warm in their eulogies as the general public. - Hume declared that if he had not...

...history was given to the world. Its success was almost unprecedented for a grave historical work : ' the first impression was exhausted in a few days :...third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand"; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin : the book was on every table,...

...with a burst of applause — it was a succhfou. The first impression was exhausted in a few days, and a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand. The wiser few were as warm in their eulogies as the general public. Hume declared that if he had not been...

...describe the success of the ' work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first im' pression was exhausted in a few days ; a second and third edition ' were scarcely adequate to the demand ; and the bookseller's pro' perty was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was ' on every...

...I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days;...third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand; and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin. My book was on every table,...

...I am at a loss how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the author. The first impression was exhausted in a few days;...third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand ; though the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pirates of Dublin." Gibbon received ;£6ooo...