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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... society as was accessible to a friendless and uncourtly scholar , and amused himself in contemplating the man , ners of the metropolis . It appears that at one time he took lodgings at Green- wich , and proceeded by fits to complete his ...
... society as was accessible to a friendless and uncourtly scholar , and amused himself in contemplating the man , ners of the metropolis . It appears that at one time he took lodgings at Green- wich , and proceeded by fits to complete his ...
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... society , which was his predominant passion . We find ac- cordingly , that during the years in which his Dictionary was on hand , he accepted some inferior employment from the booksellers , and produced some 556 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... society , which was his predominant passion . We find ac- cordingly , that during the years in which his Dictionary was on hand , he accepted some inferior employment from the booksellers , and produced some 556 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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... society . Here an apartment was fitted up for him , which he occupied when he pleased , and he accompanied the family in their various summer excur sions , which tended to exhilarate his mind , and render the return of his constitu ...
... society . Here an apartment was fitted up for him , which he occupied when he pleased , and he accompanied the family in their various summer excur sions , which tended to exhilarate his mind , and render the return of his constitu ...
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... society was now very extensive , and included almost every man of the age , distinguished for learning , and many persons of considerable rank , who delighted in his company and conversation . In 1767 , he had the honour to be admitted ...
... society was now very extensive , and included almost every man of the age , distinguished for learning , and many persons of considerable rank , who delighted in his company and conversation . In 1767 , he had the honour to be admitted ...
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... society of his friends , and with a mind still curious , intelligent , and active , renewed his attention to the concerns of literature , dic tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his 566 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
... society of his friends , and with a mind still curious , intelligent , and active , renewed his attention to the concerns of literature , dic tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his 566 THE LIFE OF JOHNSON .
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