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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... and proved that it did not arise from want of mental resources , or weakness of
understanding . On his return to the university , he probably con , tinued his
desultory manner of reading , and occasionally formed resolutions of re . gular
study ...
... and proved that it did not arise from want of mental resources , or weakness of
understanding . On his return to the university , he probably con , tinued his
desultory manner of reading , and occasionally formed resolutions of re . gular
study ...
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In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
In what manner Johnson was employed for some time after his arrival in Lon .
don , is not known . He brought a small sum of money with him , and he
hasbanded it with frugality , while he mixed in such society as was accessible to
a friendless ...
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In his London , we have the manners of common life ; in the Vanity of Human
Wishes , he has given us more of his own mind , more of that train of sentiment ,
excited sometimes by poverty , and sometimes by disappointment , which always
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In his London , we have the manners of common life ; in the Vanity of Human
Wishes , he has given us more of his own mind , more of that train of sentiment ,
excited sometimes by poverty , and sometimes by disappointment , which always
...
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Although her temper was far from pleasant , and she had now gained an
ascendancy over him which sho often maintained in a fretful and peevish manner
, he forgot every thing in her distresses , and was indeed , in all his charities ,
which ...
Although her temper was far from pleasant , and she had now gained an
ascendancy over him which sho often maintained in a fretful and peevish manner
, he forgot every thing in her distresses , and was indeed , in all his charities ,
which ...
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That a man of obscure birth , of manners by no means prepossessiog , whose
person was forbidding , whose voice was rough , inharmonious and terrifying ,
whose temper was frequently harsh and overbeariog ; that such a man should
have ...
That a man of obscure birth , of manners by no means prepossessiog , whose
person was forbidding , whose voice was rough , inharmonious and terrifying ,
whose temper was frequently harsh and overbeariog ; that such a man should
have ...
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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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