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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... learning when he seemed to be idle . He betrayed an early aversion to stated tasks , but , if roused , he could recover the time he appeared to have lost with great facility . Yet he seems afterwards to have been conscious that much ...
... learning when he seemed to be idle . He betrayed an early aversion to stated tasks , but , if roused , he could recover the time he appeared to have lost with great facility . Yet he seems afterwards to have been conscious that much ...
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... 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 whom was David Garrick : with these he made ...
... 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 whom was David Garrick : with these he made ...
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... learning , and many persons of considerable rank , who delighted in his company and conversation . In 1767 , he had the honour to be admitted to a personal interview with his ma jesty in the library of the queen's palace . Of the ...
... learning , and many persons of considerable rank , who delighted in his company and conversation . In 1767 , he had the honour to be admitted to a personal interview with his ma jesty in the library of the queen's palace . Of the ...
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... learning , and social talents . His pamphlet , which was entitled the False Alarm , was answered by two or three anonymous writers of no great note . In 1771 , he appeared to more advantage as the author of Thoughts on the late ...
... learning , and social talents . His pamphlet , which was entitled the False Alarm , was answered by two or three anonymous writers of no great note . In 1771 , he appeared to more advantage as the author of Thoughts on the late ...
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... learning , and a desire to cultivate his poetical talents according to the purest models . His poetical efforts were very early , for in his sixteenth year he wrote a poem to the memory of sir Isaac Newton , which was supposed to have ...
... learning , and a desire to cultivate his poetical talents according to the purest models . His poetical efforts were very early , for in his sixteenth year he wrote a poem to the memory of sir Isaac Newton , which was supposed to have ...
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