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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... Human Wishes , for which , with all the 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 ...
... Human Wishes , for which , with all the 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 ...
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... human excel- lence . Nor is this inference inconsistent with the truth , for it appears that what- ever merit may be attributed to his works , he was perhaps yet more to be envied in conversation , where he exhibited an inexhaustible ...
... human excel- lence . Nor is this inference inconsistent with the truth , for it appears that what- ever merit may be attributed to his works , he was perhaps yet more to be envied in conversation , where he exhibited an inexhaustible ...
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... human being . His Tour having shown the manner in which he was to proceed , Johnson's friends willingly contributed every document they could collect from memory or writing , and Mr. Boswell , who meditated one volume only , was soon ...
... human being . His Tour having shown the manner in which he was to proceed , Johnson's friends willingly contributed every document they could collect from memory or writing , and Mr. Boswell , who meditated one volume only , was soon ...
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... human life are too contracted for a second work so difficult as this : I might add , perhaps , the bounds of human glory . There was therefore a path left clear for Mr. Glover ; and to what a height it has carried him , will appear to ...
... human life are too contracted for a second work so difficult as this : I might add , perhaps , the bounds of human glory . There was therefore a path left clear for Mr. Glover ; and to what a height it has carried him , will appear to ...
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... humanity , and justice ; and lastly , to all in general , for their candour , decency , and in- dulgence . " Gentlemen , " Heretofore I have frequently had occasion of addressing the livery of London in- public ; but at this time I find ...
... humanity , and justice ; and lastly , to all in general , for their candour , decency , and in- dulgence . " Gentlemen , " Heretofore I have frequently had occasion of addressing the livery of London in- public ; but at this time I find ...
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