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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Mrs . Johnson was a woman of good natural understanding , unimproved by
education , and our anthor acknowledged , with gratitude , that she endeavoured
to instil sen . timents of piety as soon as he was capable of any instruction . There
is ...
Mrs . Johnson was a woman of good natural understanding , unimproved by
education , and our anthor acknowledged , with gratitude , that she endeavoured
to instil sen . timents of piety as soon as he was capable of any instruction . There
is ...
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He had , indeed , a retentive me . mory , and soon discovered symptoms of an
impetuous temper , but these circum . stances are not enough to distinguish him
from hundreds of children who never attain eminence . In his infancy he was ...
He had , indeed , a retentive me . mory , and soon discovered symptoms of an
impetuous temper , but these circum . stances are not enough to distinguish him
from hundreds of children who never attain eminence . In his infancy he was ...
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... of the school of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire , an employment which the
pride of sir Wolstan Dixie , the patron , soon rendered irksome , and he threw it up
in a disgușt which recurred whenever he recollected this part of his history .
... of the school of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire , an employment which the
pride of sir Wolstan Dixie , the patron , soon rendered irksome , and he threw it up
in a disgușt which recurred whenever he recollected this part of his history .
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He soon , however , entered into a connection of a more tender kind , which
ended in marriage . His wife , who was about twenty years older than him . self ,
was the widow of Mr . Porter , a mercer of Birmingham , a lady whose character
has ...
He soon , however , entered into a connection of a more tender kind , which
ended in marriage . His wife , who was about twenty years older than him . self ,
was the widow of Mr . Porter , a mercer of Birmingham , a lady whose character
has ...
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In his latter days he disapproved of this practice , and desisted from writing the
speeches as soon as he found they were thought genuine . The value of his
contributions to this Magazine must have been soon acknow . ledged . It was
then in its ...
In his latter days he disapproved of this practice , and desisted from writing the
speeches as soon as he found they were thought genuine . The value of his
contributions to this Magazine must have been soon acknow . ledged . It was
then in its ...
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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 |
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