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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... never at- tain eminence . In his infancy he was afflicted with the scrophula , which injured his sight , and he was carried to London to receive the royal touch from the hand of queen Anne , the last of our sovereigns who encouraged ...
... never at- tain eminence . In his infancy he was afflicted with the scrophula , which injured his sight , and he was carried to London to receive the royal touch from the hand of queen Anne , the last of our sovereigns who encouraged ...
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... never could have gone to college , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his school - fellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion , though , in fact , he never received any ...
... never could have gone to college , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his school - fellows , spontaneously under- taken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his companion , though , in fact , he never received any ...
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... ever ' Guthrie composed the parliamentary speeches from July 1736 , and Johnson succeeded him No- yember 1740 , and continued them to February 1742-3 . C. been distinguished , and in which it has never been THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 553.
... ever ' Guthrie composed the parliamentary speeches from July 1736 , and Johnson succeeded him No- yember 1740 , and continued them to February 1742-3 . C. been distinguished , and in which it has never been THE LIFE OF JOHNSON . 553.
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Samuel Johnson. been distinguished , and in which it has never been interrupted by a successful rival . By some manuscript memorandums concerning Dr. Johnson , written by the late Dr. Farmer , and obligingly given to me by Mr. Nichols ...
Samuel Johnson. been distinguished , and in which it has never been interrupted by a successful rival . By some manuscript memorandums concerning Dr. Johnson , written by the late Dr. Farmer , and obligingly given to me by Mr. Nichols ...
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... never forgot the favour . Warburton , he said , praised him when praise was of value . In 1747 , he resumed his labours in the Gentleman's Magazine , and although many entire pieces cannot be ascertained to have come from his pen , he ...
... never forgot the favour . Warburton , he said , praised him when praise was of value . In 1747 , he resumed his labours in the Gentleman's Magazine , and although many entire pieces cannot be ascertained to have come from his pen , he ...
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