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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... , however , who could produce a recorded ancestry ; and used to say , that in him this was disinterested , for he could scarcely tell who was his grandfather . 210. h . 154 . That he was remarkable in his early years has been.
... , however , who could produce a recorded ancestry ; and used to say , that in him this was disinterested , for he could scarcely tell who was his grandfather . 210. h . 154 . That he was remarkable in his early years has been.
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Samuel Johnson. That he was remarkable in his early years has been supposed , but many proofs have not been advanced by his biographers . He had , indeed , a retentive me- mory , and soon discovered symptoms of an impetuous temper , but ...
Samuel Johnson. That he was remarkable in his early years has been supposed , but many proofs have not been advanced by his biographers . He had , indeed , a retentive me- mory , and soon discovered symptoms of an impetuous temper , but ...
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... remarkable , however , that he never assumed this title in writing notes or cards . In the autumn of this year , he went on a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . Of this tour Mr. Bos- well has printed a few memorandums , which ...
... remarkable , however , that he never assumed this title in writing notes or cards . In the autumn of this year , he went on a tour to France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale . Of this tour Mr. Bos- well has printed a few memorandums , which ...
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... remarkable beyond the usual standard of human excel- lence . Nor is this inference inconsistent with the truth , for it appears that what- ever merit may be attributed to his works , he was perhaps yet more to be envied in conversation ...
... remarkable beyond the usual standard of human excel- lence . Nor is this inference inconsistent with the truth , for it appears that what- ever merit may be attributed to his works , he was perhaps yet more to be envied in conversation ...
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... remarkable for splendour of language , richness of sentiment , and harmony of numbers , but as a tragedy it is radically defective : it excites neither interest or passion . Of his lesser pieces , the Prologue on Opening the Theatre in ...
... remarkable for splendour of language , richness of sentiment , and harmony of numbers , but as a tragedy it is radically defective : it excites neither interest or passion . Of his lesser pieces , the Prologue on Opening the Theatre in ...
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