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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... present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his poem to Cave as the production of another , of one who was " under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune , " and as some small encouragement ...
... present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his poem to Cave as the production of another , of one who was " under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune , " and as some small encouragement ...
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... present sketch to notice only his more important productions , or such as were of sufficient consequence to be pub- lished separately . In 1739 , he wrote A complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage , from the malicious and ...
... present sketch to notice only his more important productions , or such as were of sufficient consequence to be pub- lished separately . In 1739 , he wrote A complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage , from the malicious and ...
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... present occasion treated him with great liberality . He engaged to pay him two guineas for each paper , or four guineas per week , which at that time must have been to Johnson a very considerable sum ; and he admitted him to a share of ...
... present occasion treated him with great liberality . He engaged to pay him two guineas for each paper , or four guineas per week , which at that time must have been to Johnson a very considerable sum ; and he admitted him to a share of ...
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... present majesty had been pleased to grant him a pension of three hundred pounds a year , not , as has been invidiously asserted , in order to induce him to write for administration , but as the reward of his literary merit . Had it been ...
... present majesty had been pleased to grant him a pension of three hundred pounds a year , not , as has been invidiously asserted , in order to induce him to write for administration , but as the reward of his literary merit . Had it been ...
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... present extent , and at last presented the world with such a body of criticism as was scarcely to be expected from one man , and still less from one now verging on his seventieth year . 1 Of this edition it is yet necessary to say ...
... present extent , and at last presented the world with such a body of criticism as was scarcely to be expected from one man , and still less from one now verging on his seventieth year . 1 Of this edition it is yet necessary to say ...
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