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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... the society of his friends , and with a mind still curious , intelligent , and active , renewed his attention to the concerns of literature , dic tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his 566 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... the society of his friends , and with a mind still curious , intelligent , and active , renewed his attention to the concerns of literature , dic tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his 566 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... attention on it , by a long pamphlet , entitled Observations on Poetry , especially epic , oc- casioned by the late Poem upon Leonidas , 12mo . 1738. In this , with many just remarks of a general kind , the author carries his opinion of ...
... attention on it , by a long pamphlet , entitled Observations on Poetry , especially epic , oc- casioned by the late Poem upon Leonidas , 12mo . 1738. In this , with many just remarks of a general kind , the author carries his opinion of ...
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... attention , which now must be solely confined to so narrow a subject as myself . On those occasions , the importance of the matter , and my known zeal to serve you , however ineffectual my attempts might prove , were always sufficient ...
... attention , which now must be solely confined to so narrow a subject as myself . On those occasions , the importance of the matter , and my known zeal to serve you , however ineffectual my attempts might prove , were always sufficient ...
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... attention now bestowed on it , recalling his youthful ideas , strengthened by time and observation , probably suggested The Athenaid , which , however , he did not live to publish . Soon after 1775 , he retired from public business ...
... attention now bestowed on it , recalling his youthful ideas , strengthened by time and observation , probably suggested The Athenaid , which , however , he did not live to publish . Soon after 1775 , he retired from public business ...
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... attention in England . In 1766 , appeared the first volume of The Fool of Quality , or the History of the Earl of Moreland , a novel replete with knowledge of human life and manners , and in which there are many admirable traits of ...
... attention in England . In 1766 , appeared the first volume of The Fool of Quality , or the History of the Earl of Moreland , a novel replete with knowledge of human life and manners , and in which there are many admirable traits of ...
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