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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... Lord Chesterfield , to whom he once looked up as to a liberal patron , had treated him with neglect , of which , after Johnson declined to pay court to such a man , he became sensible , and , as an effort at re- conciliation , wrote two ...
... Lord Chesterfield , to whom he once looked up as to a liberal patron , had treated him with neglect , of which , after Johnson declined to pay court to such a man , he became sensible , and , as an effort at re- conciliation , wrote two ...
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... Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art , conscious perhaps that they were not to be envied . In 1755 , the degree of master of arts was conferred upon him by the univer- sity of ...
... Lord Chesterfield is said to have concealed his feelings on this occasion with his usual art , conscious perhaps that they were not to be envied . In 1755 , the degree of master of arts was conferred upon him by the univer- sity of ...
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... lord Bute , by whose recommendation the pension was granted , and who at this time wanted much abler support than the hired writers of govern- ment could supply . But it is well known that he wrote no political tract for nearly eight ...
... lord Bute , by whose recommendation the pension was granted , and who at this time wanted much abler support than the hired writers of govern- ment could supply . But it is well known that he wrote no political tract for nearly eight ...
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... Lord Chesterfield . In 1767 , on the institution of the Royal Academy of Arts , Johnson was appointed professor in ancient literature , and there probably was at that time some design of giving a course of lectures . But this , and the ...
... Lord Chesterfield . In 1767 , on the institution of the Royal Academy of Arts , Johnson was appointed professor in ancient literature , and there probably was at that time some design of giving a course of lectures . But this , and the ...
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... lord North , and a few alterations made before it appeared in a second . Johnson's opinion of these two pamphlets was , that " there is a subtlety of disquisition in the False Alarm , which is worth all the fire of the other . " About ...
... lord North , and a few alterations made before it appeared in a second . Johnson's opinion of these two pamphlets was , that " there is a subtlety of disquisition in the False Alarm , which is worth all the fire of the other . " About ...
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