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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No man perhaps was ever more sensible of his failings , or avowed them with
more candour , nor , indeed , would many of them have been known , if he had
not exhibited them as warnings . His memory was uncommonly tenacious , and to
his ...
No man perhaps was ever more sensible of his failings , or avowed them with
more candour , nor , indeed , would many of them have been known , if he had
not exhibited them as warnings . His memory was uncommonly tenacious , and to
his ...
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... he went to Oxford , Dr . Adams said he “ was the best qualified for the university
that he had ever known come there . ” By what means his father was enabled to
defray the expense of an university education has not been very accurately told .
... he went to Oxford , Dr . Adams said he “ was the best qualified for the university
that he had ever known come there . ” By what means his father was enabled to
defray the expense of an university education has not been very accurately told .
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... undertaken without the precaution of a subscription , and they will regret that in
this case the subscription was so inadequate to the expense of printing as to
deter our anthor from exécuting what probably would have made him known and
pa ...
... undertaken without the precaution of a subscription , and they will regret that in
this case the subscription was so inadequate to the expense of printing as to
deter our anthor from exécuting what probably would have made him known and
pa ...
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In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
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In the year 1738 , he made his name at once known and highly respected among
the eminent men of his time , by the publication of London , a piece in imitation of
the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting .
In the year 1738 , he made his name at once known and highly respected among
the eminent men of his time , by the publication of London , a piece in imitation of
the third satire of Juvenal . The history of this publication is not uninteresting .
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; Volume 6; Volume 154 of The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Charles Whittingham |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributors | Alexander Chalmers, Charles Whittingham |
| Publisher | 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 |
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| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
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