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 study of the law , but in three or four years went on the stage , ob- tained the highest honours that dramatic fame could confer , with a fortune splendid beyond all precedent . The difference in the lot of 552 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... the study of the law , but in three or four years went on the stage , ob- tained the highest honours that dramatic fame could confer , with a fortune splendid beyond all precedent . The difference in the lot of 552 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... fame , and Cave was not sorry to have engaged the services of a man whose talents had now the stamp of public approbation . Whether he had offers of patronage , or was thought a formidable enemy to the minister , is not so certain , but ...
... fame , and Cave was not sorry to have engaged the services of a man whose talents had now the stamp of public approbation . Whether he had offers of patronage , or was thought a formidable enemy to the minister , is not so certain , but ...
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... fame he had now acquired , he received only fifteen guineas . In his London , we have the manners 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 ...
... fame he had now acquired , he received only fifteen guineas . In his London , we have the manners 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 ...
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... hundred pounds in addition to the stipulated sum . As he never was insensible to the pleasure or value of fame , it is not improbable that he was 1 yet more substantially gratified by the eagerness with which THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 565.
... hundred pounds in addition to the stipulated sum . As he never was insensible to the pleasure or value of fame , it is not improbable that he was 1 yet more substantially gratified by the eagerness with which THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 565.
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... fame to Johnson . In 1782 , the public demand rendered it necessary to print an edition of the Lives in four octavo volumes ; and in 1783 , another edition of the same number , but considerably enlarged , altered and corrected by the ...
... fame to Johnson . In 1782 , the public demand rendered it necessary to print an edition of the Lives in four octavo volumes ; and in 1783 , another edition of the same number , but considerably enlarged , altered and corrected by the ...
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