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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... ' Guthrie composed the parliamentary speeches from July 1736 , and Johnson succeeded him No- yember 1740 , and continued them to February 1742-3 . C. been distinguished , and in which it has never been THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 553.
... ' Guthrie composed the parliamentary speeches from July 1736 , and Johnson succeeded him No- yember 1740 , and continued them to February 1742-3 . C. been distinguished , and in which it has never been THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 553.
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... continued about two years , after which it was dropt for want of encouragement . He wrote also , in 1756 , some essays in the Universal Visitor , another magazine which lasted only a year . His friend Cave died in 1754 , and , for ...
... continued about two years , after which it was dropt for want of encouragement . He wrote also , in 1756 , some essays in the Universal Visitor , another magazine which lasted only a year . His friend Cave died in 1754 , and , for ...
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... continued his kindness to him as usual . A third volume appeared soon after , but all its contents are not from Dr. Johnson's pen . On the dissolution of parliament in 1774 , he published a short political pam- phlet entitled The ...
... continued his kindness to him as usual . A third volume appeared soon after , but all its contents are not from Dr. Johnson's pen . On the dissolution of parliament in 1774 , he published a short political pam- phlet entitled The ...
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... continued to be revered by the majority of the nation , and is now , after scrutiny and censure have done their worst , enrolled among the greatest names in the history of English genius . But to delineate the character of Johnson is a ...
... continued to be revered by the majority of the nation , and is now , after scrutiny and censure have done their worst , enrolled among the greatest names in the history of English genius . But to delineate the character of Johnson is a ...
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... continued his attachment to literature and the Muses , and was , says Dr. Warton , one of the best and most accurate Greek scholars of his time . It has been mentioned in the life of Green , that he published The Spleen of that poet ...
... continued his attachment to literature and the Muses , and was , says Dr. Warton , one of the best and most accurate Greek scholars of his time . It has been mentioned in the life of Green , that he published The Spleen of that poet ...
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