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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On this occasion he suggested some improvements in the management of the
Magazine and specified the articles which he was ready to supply . Cave an .
swered his letter , but it does not appear that any agreement was formed at this
țime .
On this occasion he suggested some improvements in the management of the
Magazine and specified the articles which he was ready to supply . Cave an .
swered his letter , but it does not appear that any agreement was formed at this
țime .
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in the business is not improbable , for it appears by his letters of this date ( August
1738 ) that he was incapable of attending to any business : but Johnson ' s Life of
Swift proves that his dislike had a more honourable foundation . About this ...
in the business is not improbable , for it appears by his letters of this date ( August
1738 ) that he was incapable of attending to any business : but Johnson ' s Life of
Swift proves that his dislike had a more honourable foundation . About this ...
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Dr . Douglas , the late bishop of Salisbury , was the first who rcfuted this un
principled impostor ; and Johnson , whom Lauder ' s ingenuity had in . duced to
write a preface and postscript to his work , now dictated a letter addressed to Dr ...
Dr . Douglas , the late bishop of Salisbury , was the first who rcfuted this un
principled impostor ; and Johnson , whom Lauder ' s ingenuity had in . duced to
write a preface and postscript to his work , now dictated a letter addressed to Dr ...
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But Johnson never departed from exacting the just respect due to a man of letters
, and was not to be appeased by the artifice of ... but immediately wrote that
celebrated letter which has been so much admired as a model of dignified
contempt .
But Johnson never departed from exacting the just respect due to a man of letters
, and was not to be appeased by the artifice of ... but immediately wrote that
celebrated letter which has been so much admired as a model of dignified
contempt .
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His mind ap . pears to have been powerfully excited and enriched both with the
subject and the See his very tender letters on this subject , in Boswell ' s Life , vol
. i . p . 315 , et seq . which are thus particularly referred to , as they are to be ...
His mind ap . pears to have been powerfully excited and enriched both with the
subject and the See his very tender letters on this subject , in Boswell ' s Life , vol
. i . p . 315 , et seq . which are thus particularly referred to , as they are to be ...
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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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