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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... offered his services to Mr. Cave , the propric tor and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , who had given some proofs of a li beral spirit of enterprize in calling forth the talents of unknown and ingenious writers . On this occasion he ...
... offered his services to Mr. Cave , the propric tor and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine , who had given some proofs of a li beral spirit of enterprize in calling forth the talents of unknown and ingenious writers . On this occasion he ...
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... offered to correct the press , but even to alter any stroke of satire which he might dislike . Cave , whose heart appears to more advantage in this than in some other of his transactions with authors , sent a present to Johnson for the ...
... offered to correct the press , but even to alter any stroke of satire which he might dislike . Cave , whose heart appears to more advantage in this than in some other of his transactions with authors , sent a present to Johnson for the ...
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... offered to produce his Irene on the Drury - lane theatre , but presumed at the same time to suggest such alterations as his superior knowledge of stage - effect might be supposed to justify . Johnson did not much like that his la- bours ...
... offered to produce his Irene on the Drury - lane theatre , but presumed at the same time to suggest such alterations as his superior knowledge of stage - effect might be supposed to justify . Johnson did not much like that his la- bours ...
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... offered , nor did he in any instance consider himself bound to lean with partiality to any author merely that the admission of his works might be justified . This ab- surd species of prejudice which has contaminated so many single lives ...
... offered , nor did he in any instance consider himself bound to lean with partiality to any author merely that the admission of his works might be justified . This ab- surd species of prejudice which has contaminated so many single lives ...
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... offered gratis to the purchasers of the former , not ten copies were called for ! With this work the public labours of Johnson ended , and when we consider his advanced time of life , and the almost unabated vigour of his mind , it may ...
... offered gratis to the purchasers of the former , not ten copies were called for ! With this work the public labours of Johnson ended , and when we consider his advanced time of life , and the almost unabated vigour of his mind , it may ...
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