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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... common with Johnson , but his narrative shows with what nicety he could sepa rate his virt from his vices , and blame even firmness and independence when they degene . , ed into obstinacy and misanthropy . He has concealed none of ...
... common with Johnson , but his narrative shows with what nicety he could sepa rate his virt from his vices , and blame even firmness and independence when they degene . , ed into obstinacy and misanthropy . He has concealed none of ...
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... 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 inclined him to view the gloomy side 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 inclined him to view the gloomy side of ...
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... common consent had placed at the head of the literature of his country ; but the courage of his adversaries was observed to rise very considerably after his death , and the name which public opinion had consecrated , was reviled with ...
... common consent had placed at the head of the literature of his country ; but the courage of his adversaries was observed to rise very considerably after his death , and the name which public opinion had consecrated , was reviled with ...
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... common expressions of gratitude , by a dignity of sen- timent congenial to the feelings of his noble and liberal correspondent . Dr. Brock- lesby also made a similar offer , although of a lesser sum ; and such indeed was the estimation ...
... common expressions of gratitude , by a dignity of sen- timent congenial to the feelings of his noble and liberal correspondent . Dr. Brock- lesby also made a similar offer , although of a lesser sum ; and such indeed was the estimation ...
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... common opinion , and by means which will not soon be repeated , that the life of a mere scholar may be rendered more instructive , more entertaining , and more interesting , than that of any other human being . And although the ...
... common opinion , and by means which will not soon be repeated , that the life of a mere scholar may be rendered more instructive , more entertaining , and more interesting , than that of any other human being . And although the ...
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