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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... power . " This is perhaps too much like the criticism of Bossu on the Iliad : but the following passage is more appropriate , and as the papers in which it appeared are now scarce , may be introduced here without impropriety . " The ...
... power . " This is perhaps too much like the criticism of Bossu on the Iliad : but the following passage is more appropriate , and as the papers in which it appeared are now scarce , may be introduced here without impropriety . " The ...
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... power , they made any permanent provision for the author . During the period of his embarrassment , he retired from public notice , until the respect and gratitude of his humbler friends in the city induced them to request that he would ...
... power , they made any permanent provision for the author . During the period of his embarrassment , he retired from public notice , until the respect and gratitude of his humbler friends in the city induced them to request that he would ...
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... powers of mind , joined to a copious flow of eloquence as an orator in the house of commons . Since Milton he was second to none of our English poets , in his discriminating judicious acquaintance with all ancient as well as modern ...
... powers of mind , joined to a copious flow of eloquence as an orator in the house of commons . Since Milton he was second to none of our English poets , in his discriminating judicious acquaintance with all ancient as well as modern ...
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... powers were inadequate , when he endeavoured to interest his readers in the fate of his gallant hero and faithful associates . He is not deficient either in the sublime or the pathetic , although in these essentials he may not bear an ...
... powers were inadequate , when he endeavoured to interest his readers in the fate of his gallant hero and faithful associates . He is not deficient either in the sublime or the pathetic , although in these essentials he may not bear an ...
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... powers of invention than he might have justly claimed , considering the great distance of time , and the character of the Greeks in that age . With respect to the language and versification of Leonidas , although they may be praised for ...
... powers of invention than he might have justly claimed , considering the great distance of time , and the character of the Greeks in that age . With respect to the language and versification of Leonidas , although they may be praised for ...
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