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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For several years after bis marriage , he resided at Harbury , to which living he
was 9 presented in 1746 . Lord Willoughby de Broke gave him also the living of
Chesterton , at a small distance from Harbury . These two benefices together did
...
For several years after bis marriage , he resided at Harbury , to which living he
was 9 presented in 1746 . Lord Willoughby de Broke gave him also the living of
Chesterton , at a small distance from Harbury . These two benefices together did
...
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He had lived to so advanced an age that most of his contemporaries departed
before him , and this young lady remembered nothing of him previous to his
retirement from the world . Such an apology cannot be refused , while we must
yet ...
He had lived to so advanced an age that most of his contemporaries departed
before him , and this young lady remembered nothing of him previous to his
retirement from the world . Such an apology cannot be refused , while we must
yet ...
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But while we are reminded of this by his own productions , it may yet be doubted
whether what may be true when applied to an individual who has lived a life of
criticism , will be equally true of a nation . Even among our living poets , we may ...
But while we are reminded of this by his own productions , it may yet be doubted
whether what may be true when applied to an individual who has lived a life of
criticism , will be equally true of a nation . Even among our living poets , we may ...
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It is surely not less difficult than that of Mason , who unsuccessfully strove to write
as the Greek tragedians “ would have written , had they lived in the eighteenth
century . ” On his return from this tour , he appears to bave contemplated his ...
It is surely not less difficult than that of Mason , who unsuccessfully strove to write
as the Greek tragedians “ would have written , had they lived in the eighteenth
century . ” On his return from this tour , he appears to bave contemplated his ...
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... be informs ber , that he had lived twenty years with Mrs . Unwin , to whose
affectionate care it was owing that he lived at all , but that for thirteen of those
years be had been in a state of miud which made all her care and attention
necessary .
... be informs ber , that he had lived twenty years with Mrs . Unwin , to whose
affectionate care it was owing that he lived at all , but that for thirteen of those
years be had been in a state of miud which made all her care and attention
necessary .
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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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