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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Of the conversation which passed , Mr . Boswell has given a very interesting and
authentic account , which , it may here be mentioned , he prized at so high a rate ,
as to print it separately in a quarto sheet , and enter it in that form at ...
Of the conversation which passed , Mr . Boswell has given a very interesting and
authentic account , which , it may here be mentioned , he prized at so high a rate ,
as to print it separately in a quarto sheet , and enter it in that form at ...
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It is not asserted that Warton disgraced his character by a constant association
with low company , and that he should have occasionally amused himself with
the manners and conversation of humble tradesmen , mechanics , or peasants ,
was ...
It is not asserted that Warton disgraced his character by a constant association
with low company , and that he should have occasionally amused himself with
the manners and conversation of humble tradesmen , mechanics , or peasants ,
was ...
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His conversation was enriched by various reading , and embellished by wit of the
most delicate and unobtrusive kind . His temper made him universally beloved . It
was uniformly cheerful , mild , and benevolent . The conclusion of his life is ...
His conversation was enriched by various reading , and embellished by wit of the
most delicate and unobtrusive kind . His temper made him universally beloved . It
was uniformly cheerful , mild , and benevolent . The conclusion of his life is ...
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In the last , or nearly the last conversation I enjoyed with him , he observed how
much he was always surprised with the ... the whole of the literary society whose
conversations have been so pleasantly detailed by Mr . Boswell ; and returned to
...
In the last , or nearly the last conversation I enjoyed with him , he observed how
much he was always surprised with the ... the whole of the literary society whose
conversations have been so pleasantly detailed by Mr . Boswell ; and returned to
...
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In conversation he never endeavoured to gain superiority , or to compel attention
, but contrived to take his just share , without seeming to interrupt the loquacity of
others . He had however what most men have who are jealous of their ...
In conversation he never endeavoured to gain superiority , or to compel attention
, but contrived to take his just share , without seeming to interrupt the loquacity of
others . He had however what most men have who are jealous of their ...
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