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" I think on those numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. "
The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq - Page 150
by Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1774
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 4

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1711 - 402 pages
...namberleft Vermin that feed upon this Paper, and find their Suftenance out of it : I mean, the fniall Wits and Scribblers that every Day turn a Penny by...Lucubrations. This has been fo advantageous to this little Species of Writers, that, if they do me Jufticc, I may expeft to have my Statue credi. *r 'he TATLE...
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The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Volume 4

1728 - 340 pages
...Face of the whole Earth. Thus every noble Creature is, as it were, the Bafis and Support of Multitudes that are his Inferiors. THIS Confideration very much...numberlefs Vermin that feed upon this Paper, and find their Suftenance out of it: I mean the fmal) Wits and Scribblers that every Day turn a PennV by nibbling...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 500 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this pape*, and find their sustenance out of it ; I mean the small wits and scribblers that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The British Essayists;: Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 314 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with ..., Volume 2

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it ; I mean, the small wits and scribblers that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 306 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it; I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it ; I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and ..., Volume 5

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 288 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it; I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 384 pages
...numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it; I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations. This has been so advantageous to this little species of writers, that, if they do me justice, I may expect to have...
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