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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He was now beginning to feel that his time of life required more ease and
relaxation than the duties of the school permitted , and his resolution was
probably strengthened by some unpleasant proceedings at that period among
the scholars .
He was now beginning to feel that his time of life required more ease and
relaxation than the duties of the school permitted , and his resolution was
probably strengthened by some unpleasant proceedings at that period among
the scholars .
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... honours of wit , should at an advanced period of life suddenly eclipse his
contemporaries and some of his predecessors , by exhibiting a humour which he
had never been suspected to possess , and a spirit which would have better
become ...
... honours of wit , should at an advanced period of life suddenly eclipse his
contemporaries and some of his predecessors , by exhibiting a humour which he
had never been suspected to possess , and a spirit which would have better
become ...
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Most of these poems had been written long before this period , but were kept
back until they had received all the improvements of frequent revisal , and the
criticisms of his friends . From his first entrance into the university , until
Michaelmas ...
Most of these poems had been written long before this period , but were kept
back until they had received all the improvements of frequent revisal , and the
criticisms of his friends . From his first entrance into the university , until
Michaelmas ...
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This period he professed to employ in acquiring a species of knowledge which
he was never to bring into use , and to which his peculiarity of disposition must
have been averse . ' We are not told whether he had been consulted in this ...
This period he professed to employ in acquiring a species of knowledge which
he was never to bring into use , and to which his peculiarity of disposition must
have been averse . ' We are not told whether he had been consulted in this ...
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... From this period , his life affords little of the varrative kind , until 1773 , when , in
the language of his biographer , “ he sunk into such severe paroxysms of
religious despondency , that he required an attendant of the inost gentle , vigilant
, and ...
... From this period , his life affords little of the varrative kind , until 1773 , when , in
the language of his biographer , “ he sunk into such severe paroxysms of
religious despondency , that he required an attendant of the inost gentle , vigilant
, and ...
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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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