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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... whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great ...
... whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and shame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . For the rejection of this play , it is difficult now to find the reason : it certainly has , in a very great ...
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... whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses , as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
... whole endeavour : but , unluckily resolving to show it in rhyme , instead of writing poetry they only wrote verses , and very often such verses , as stood the trial of the finger better than of the ear ; for the modulation was so ...
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... whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions ...
... whole mind , and of which the first effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in positions ...
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... whole succession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred history has been always read ...
... whole succession of English literature . Of this silence and neglect , if the reason be inquired , it will be found partly in the choice of the subject , and partly in the performance of the work . Sacred history has been always read ...
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... whole work is very imperfectly shown by the third part . The du- ration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet in- troduced , or shown but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discrimina ...
... whole work is very imperfectly shown by the third part . The du- ration of an unfinished action cannot be known . Of characters either not yet in- troduced , or shown but upon few occasions , the full extent and the nice discrimina ...
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