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Eight years before, Gay had published his poems by subscription, and in those happy days for versemen had gained �1,000 by the venture.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John

We do not mean, of course, to say anything in defiance of the hackneyed commonplace of ordinary versemen.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Such vehicles were common once, no doubt; But modern versemen must even trudge on foot, Or doze at home, expectants of the gout.

From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by Beattie, James

We do not mean, of course, to say anything in defence of the hackneyed common-places of ordinary versemen.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis

When the battle of Blenheim called forth all the versemen, Prior, among the rest, took care to show his delight in the increasing honour of his country, by an epistle to Boileau.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel