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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... spontaneously undertaken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his
companion , though , in fact , he never received any assistance whatever from
that gentleman . He was , however , entered a commoner of Pembroke College
on the ...
... spontaneously undertaken to support him at Oxford , in the character of his
companion , though , in fact , he never received any assistance whatever from
that gentleman . He was , however , entered a commoner of Pembroke College
on the ...
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For this , his first literary performance , he received the small sum of five guineas .
In the translation there is little that marks the hand of Joho . son , but in the
preface and dedication are a few passages in the same energetic and manly
style ...
For this , his first literary performance , he received the small sum of five guineas .
In the translation there is little that marks the hand of Joho . son , but in the
preface and dedication are a few passages in the same energetic and manly
style ...
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Cave appears to have consented , for twelve sheets were printed for which our
author received forty - nine pounds , but another translation being announced
about the same period ( 1738 ) by a rival whose name was also Samuel Johnson
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Cave appears to have consented , for twelve sheets were printed for which our
author received forty - nine pounds , but another translation being announced
about the same period ( 1738 ) by a rival whose name was also Samuel Johnson
...
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The sum Johnson received was ten guineas , and such were his circumstances ,
or such the state of literary property at that time , that he was fully content , and
was ever ready to acknowledge Dodsley ' s useful patronage . The pocm was ...
The sum Johnson received was ten guineas , and such were his circumstances ,
or such the state of literary property at that time , that he was fully content , and
was ever ready to acknowledge Dodsley ' s useful patronage . The pocm was ...
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His amanuenses were six in number , and employed upon what may be termed
the mechanical part of the work , but their expenses and his own were so
considerable , that before the work was concluded , he had received the whole of
the ...
His amanuenses were six in number , and employed upon what may be termed
the mechanical part of the work , but their expenses and his own were so
considerable , that before the work was concluded , he had received the whole of
the ...
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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 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
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