The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Cowley, Denham, MiltonAlexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 - English poetry |
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... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
... perhaps , has a right , in things admitting of gradation and comparison , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of ...
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... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value , and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to ele gance , may give lustre to works , which have more propriety , though less ...
... perhaps in grossness of expression , but useful to those who know their value , and such as , when they are expanded to perspicuity , and polished to ele gance , may give lustre to works , which have more propriety , though less ...
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... world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears , mixt with mine , do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps 16 LIFE OF COWLEY .
... world , by that impression grow , Till thy tears , mixt with mine , do overflow This world , by waters sent from thee my heaven dissolved so . On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps 16 LIFE OF COWLEY .
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Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded . Here lies a she Sun , and a he Moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson. On reading the following lines , the reader may perhaps cry out - Confusion worse confounded . Here lies a she Sun , and a he Moon here , She gives the best light to his sphere , Or each is both , and ...
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Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson. Their expressions sometimes raise horrour , when they intend perhaps to be pa thetic . As men in Hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all ...
Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson. Their expressions sometimes raise horrour , when they intend perhaps to be pa thetic . As men in Hell are from diseases free , So from all other ills am I , Free from their known formality : But all ...
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