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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... critics in that language , among whom Pope could never be ranked , have not considered Johnson's Latin poems as the happiest of his com positions . When Jordan left college to accept of a living , Johnson became a scholar of Dr. Adams ...
... critics in that language , among whom Pope could never be ranked , have not considered Johnson's Latin poems as the happiest of his com positions . When Jordan left college to accept of a living , Johnson became a scholar of Dr. Adams ...
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... criticisms have rarely been surpassed , and it is no small praise that he was the precursor of Steevens and Malone . The success of the Shakspeare was not great , although upon the whole it in- creased the respect in which the literary ...
... criticisms have rarely been surpassed , and it is no small praise that he was the precursor of Steevens and Malone . The success of the Shakspeare was not great , although upon the whole it in- creased the respect in which the literary ...
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... criticism . Whether we consider what he un- dertook , or what he performed , the sum of two hundred guineas which he de- manded , will appear a very trivial recompense . His original intention , and all indeed that was expected from him ...
... criticism . Whether we consider what he un- dertook , or what he performed , the sum of two hundred guineas which he de- manded , will appear a very trivial recompense . His original intention , and all indeed that was expected from him ...
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... criticism which , after all reasonable exceptions are admitted , was never equalled , and perhaps never will be equalled for justice , acuteness and elegance . Where can we hope to find discussions that can be com- pared with those ...
... criticism which , after all reasonable exceptions are admitted , was never equalled , and perhaps never will be equalled for justice , acuteness and elegance . Where can we hope to find discussions that can be com- pared with those ...
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... critic humorously said " he brought to be tried at the Middlesex quarter ges sions . " In collecting the works , be inserted some which no man could suspect to be Johnson's , while he omitted other pieces that had been acknowledged . A ...
... critic humorously said " he brought to be tried at the Middlesex quarter ges sions . " In collecting the works , be inserted some which no man could suspect to be Johnson's , while he omitted other pieces that had been acknowledged . A ...
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