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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Samuel Johnson. Contents Johnjon Glover Logan 2. Warton Whitehear J. Warton Lago Brooke Scott Mickle Jenyns Cotton Blacklock Cambridge Mason Sie W. Zones Beattie Cowper .
Samuel Johnson. Contents Johnjon Glover Logan 2. Warton Whitehear J. Warton Lago Brooke Scott Mickle Jenyns Cotton Blacklock Cambridge Mason Sie W. Zones Beattie Cowper .
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... Mason , received the following account from Dr. Balguy . " He was always of a delicate turn , and though obliged to go to the hills with the other boys , spent his time there in reading either plays or poetry ; and was also particu ...
... Mason , received the following account from Dr. Balguy . " He was always of a delicate turn , and though obliged to go to the hills with the other boys , spent his time there in reading either plays or poetry ; and was also particu ...
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... Mason thinks it , for what laid the foundation of his future success in life . The circumstance of his being the orphan son of a baker gave him an unexceptionable claim to one of the scholarships founded at Clarehall by Mr. Thomas Pyke ...
... Mason thinks it , for what laid the foundation of his future success in life . The circumstance of his being the orphan son of a baker gave him an unexceptionable claim to one of the scholarships founded at Clarehall by Mr. Thomas Pyke ...
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... Mason's opinion , he commenced a poet , was his epistle On the Danger of Writing in Verse . This , we are told , obtained general admira- tion , and was highly approved by Pope , But that it is " one of the most happy imitations extant ...
... Mason's opinion , he commenced a poet , was his epistle On the Danger of Writing in Verse . This , we are told , obtained general admira- tion , and was highly approved by Pope , But that it is " one of the most happy imitations extant ...
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... Mason informs us , that he was less eager for poetical fame than desirous of obtaining a maintenance by the labours of his pen , that he might be less burthensome to his mother . With this laudable view , he practised the strictest ...
... Mason informs us , that he was less eager for poetical fame than desirous of obtaining a maintenance by the labours of his pen , that he might be less burthensome to his mother . With this laudable view , he practised the strictest ...
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