 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 490 pages
...acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of fifty pounds very great, Cave expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the Universities. But, when the time came, no name was seen among the writers that had ever been seen before."... | |
 | William Henry Hills - Authors, American - 1889 - 210 pages
...for which, thinking the influence of the amount extremely great, he confidently expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors, and offered the allotment of the prize to the universities. But when the time came for the distribution of the prizes, no name was seen among the... | |
 | George Stuart Gordon - Satire, English - 1927 - 188 pages
...acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of 50 /. extremely great, he expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the universities. But when the time came, no name was seen among his writers that had been ever seen before... | |
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The first prize was £.50, for which, being but newly acquainted with wealth, and thinking the influence of £.50 extremely great, he expected the first authors of the kingdom to appear as competitors ; and offered the allotment of the prize to the universities.... 
