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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... probably con- tinued his desultory manner of reading , and occasionally formed resolutions of re- gular study , in which he seldom persisted . Among his companions he was looked up to as a young man of wit and spirit , singular and ...
... probably con- tinued his desultory manner of reading , and occasionally formed resolutions of re- gular study , in which he seldom persisted . Among his companions he was looked up to as a young man of wit and spirit , singular and ...
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... probably would have made him known and pa- tronized by the learned world . Disappointed in this scheme , 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 ...
... probably would have made him known and pa- tronized by the learned world . Disappointed in this scheme , 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 ...
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... probably convey his name to the latest posterity . He appears to have entered on the Rambler without any communication with his friends , or desire of assistance . Whether he proposed the scheme himself , is uncer- tain , but he was ...
... probably convey his name to the latest posterity . He appears to have entered on the Rambler without any communication with his friends , or desire of assistance . Whether he proposed the scheme himself , is uncer- tain , but he was ...
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... probably by Johnson . The Rambler was concluded on March 14 , 1752 , and three days after , the au- thor's wife died , a loss which he long deplored , and never at the latest period of life recollected without emotion . Many instances ...
... probably by Johnson . The Rambler was concluded on March 14 , 1752 , and three days after , the au- thor's wife died , a loss which he long deplored , and never at the latest period of life recollected without emotion . Many instances ...
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... probably suggested his placing the scene in Abyssinia ; but there is a little starce volume , unnoticed by his biographers , from which I suspect he took some hints . It is entitled The late Travels of S. Giacomo Baratti , an Italian ...
... probably suggested his placing the scene in Abyssinia ; but there is a little starce volume , unnoticed by his biographers , from which I suspect he took some hints . It is entitled The late Travels of S. Giacomo Baratti , an Italian ...
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