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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... praise on the London , and intimated that the author , whose name had not yet appeared , could not be long concealed . In this poem may be observed some of those political prejudices for which Johnson contended more frequently after ...
... praise on the London , and intimated that the author , whose name had not yet appeared , could not be long concealed . In this poem may be observed some of those political prejudices for which Johnson contended more frequently after ...
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... praise his observa , tions on Macbeth , as the production of a man of parts and genius : and Johnson never forgot the favour . Warburton , he said , praised him when praise was of value . In 1747 , he resumed his labours in the ...
... praise his observa , tions on Macbeth , as the production of a man of parts and genius : and Johnson never forgot the favour . Warburton , he said , praised him when praise was of value . In 1747 , he resumed his labours in the ...
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... praise , and from lord Chesterfield , the Męcenas of the age , and the most elegant of noble writers , praise was at this time valuable . But Johnson never departed from exacting the just respect due to a man of letters , and was not to ...
... praise , and from lord Chesterfield , the Męcenas of the age , and the most elegant of noble writers , praise was at this time valuable . But Johnson never departed from exacting the just respect due to a man of letters , and was not to ...
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... praise that he was the precursor of Steevens and Malone . The success of the Shakspeare was not great , although upon the whole it in- creased the respect in which the literary world viewed his talents . Kenrick made the principal ...
... praise that he was the precursor of Steevens and Malone . The success of the Shakspeare was not great , although upon the whole it in- creased the respect in which the literary world viewed his talents . Kenrick made the principal ...
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... praise , or direct censure he had bestowed on the poetry of Prior , Hammond , Collins , Gray and a few others . The errours , indeed , which on any other subject might have passed for errours of judgment , were by the irascible tempers ...
... praise , or direct censure he had bestowed on the poetry of Prior , Hammond , Collins , Gray and a few others . The errours , indeed , which on any other subject might have passed for errours of judgment , were by the irascible tempers ...
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