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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... interest with any other manager , he laid aside his play in pursuit of literary employment . He had now become personally known to Cave , and began to contribute to the Magazine original poetry , Latin , and English translations ...
... interest with any other manager , he laid aside his play in pursuit of literary employment . He had now become personally known to Cave , and began to contribute to the Magazine original poetry , Latin , and English translations ...
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... interest . Numerous anecdotes were published , some au- thentic and some imaginary , and the general wish to know more of Johnson was for some years insatiable . At length the proprietors of his printed works met to consider of a ...
... interest . Numerous anecdotes were published , some au- thentic and some imaginary , and the general wish to know more of Johnson was for some years insatiable . At length the proprietors of his printed works met to consider of a ...
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... interest or passion . Of his lesser pieces , the Prologue on Opening the Theatre in 1747 , and that for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter , are perfect models of elegant and manly address . His odes are defective in imagination ...
... interest or passion . Of his lesser pieces , the Prologue on Opening the Theatre in 1747 , and that for the benefit of Milton's grand - daughter , are perfect models of elegant and manly address . His odes are defective in imagination ...
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... interests of our young poet , and at a time when there were few regular vehicles of praise or criticism , took every opportunity of encouraging his efforts , and apprising the nation of this new addition to its literary honours . Of the ...
... interests of our young poet , and at a time when there were few regular vehicles of praise or criticism , took every opportunity of encouraging his efforts , and apprising the nation of this new addition to its literary honours . Of the ...
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... Dutch poet , called Janus Douza , and compares him to Sophocles ; I suppose he does it to make interest upon ' Change . " West's Letters to lord Orford . affair may be seen in a pamphlet published in 1743 LIFE OF GLOVER . 5.
... Dutch poet , called Janus Douza , and compares him to Sophocles ; I suppose he does it to make interest upon ' Change . " West's Letters to lord Orford . affair may be seen in a pamphlet published in 1743 LIFE OF GLOVER . 5.
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