The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;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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... London to receive the royal touch from the hand of queen Anne , the last of our sovereigns who encouraged that popular super- stition . He was first taught to read English by a woman who kept a school for young children at Litchfield ...
... London to receive the royal touch from the hand of queen Anne , the last of our sovereigns who encouraged that popular super- stition . He was first taught to read English by a woman who kept a school for young children at Litchfield ...
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... London . For this , his first literary performance , he received the small sum of five guineas . In the translation ... London . His pupil Garrick had formed the same resolution , and in March 1737 , they arrived in London together ...
... London . For this , his first literary performance , he received the small sum of five guineas . In the translation ... London . His pupil Garrick had formed the same resolution , and in March 1737 , they arrived in London together ...
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... London with Mrs. Johnson , he endeavoured to pre- vail on Fleetwood , the patentee of Drury - lane theatre , to accept Irene , but in this was unsuccessful , and having no interest with any other manager , he laid aside his play in ...
... London with Mrs. Johnson , he endeavoured to pre- vail on Fleetwood , the patentee of Drury - lane theatre , to accept Irene , but in this was unsuccessful , and having no interest with any other manager , he laid aside his play in ...
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... London , a piece in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting . Young authors did not then present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his ...
... London , a piece in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting . Young authors did not then present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his ...
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... London , we have the manners of common life ; in the Vanity of Human Wishes , he has given us more of his own mind , more of that train of sentiment , excited sometimes by poverty , and sometimes by disappointment , which always ...
... London , we have the manners of common life ; in the Vanity of Human Wishes , he has given us more of his own mind , more of that train of sentiment , excited sometimes by poverty , and sometimes by disappointment , which always ...
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