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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... 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 , who was ...
... 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 , who was ...
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... languages . Gil- bert Walmsley , a man of learning and worth , whom he has celebrated by a cha- racter drawn with unparalleled elegance , endeavoured to promote this plan , but it proved abortive . Three pupils only appeared , one of ...
... languages . Gil- bert Walmsley , a man of learning and worth , whom he has celebrated by a cha- racter drawn with unparalleled elegance , endeavoured to promote this plan , but it proved abortive . Three pupils only appeared , one of ...
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... language . In this year also he issued his plan for a Dictionary of the English language . The design of this great work was at first suggested by Dodsley , and Johnson , having consented to undertake it , entered into an agreement with ...
... language . In this year also he issued his plan for a Dictionary of the English language . The design of this great work was at first suggested by Dodsley , and Johnson , having consented to undertake it , entered into an agreement with ...
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... language . In 1750 , he commenced a work which raised his fame yet higher than it had ever yet reached , and will probably convey his name to the latest posterity . He appears to have entered on the Rambler without any communication ...
... language . In 1750 , he commenced a work which raised his fame yet higher than it had ever yet reached , and will probably convey his name to the latest posterity . He appears to have entered on the Rambler without any communication ...
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... language . Such a contest was certainly not within his province , and he could derive little other advantage than the pleasure of serving his friend . He appeared more in character when he assisted his contemporaries with prefaces and ...
... language . Such a contest was certainly not within his province , and he could derive little other advantage than the pleasure of serving his friend . He appeared more in character when he assisted his contemporaries with prefaces and ...
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