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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... tion , published in 1793 , renders some account of his life necessary in this place . I am aware that the following is short and may not be thought satisfactory , for what can be satisfactory to those who have read Mr. Boswell's very ...
... tion , published in 1793 , renders some account of his life necessary in this place . I am aware that the following is short and may not be thought satisfactory , for what can be satisfactory to those who have read Mr. Boswell's very ...
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... tion of sir Robert Walpole , but lived to reflect with more complacency on the conduct of that minister when compared with some of his successors . His London procured him fame , and Cave was not sorry to have engaged the services of a ...
... tion of sir Robert Walpole , but lived to reflect with more complacency on the conduct of that minister when compared with some of his successors . His London procured him fame , and Cave was not sorry to have engaged the services of a ...
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... tion . A few of them express the train of thought which prevails in the Rambler ; but in general they have more vivacity , and exhibit a species of grave humour in which Johnson excelled . When the Universal Chronicle was discontinued ...
... tion . A few of them express the train of thought which prevails in the Rambler ; but in general they have more vivacity , and exhibit a species of grave humour in which Johnson excelled . When the Universal Chronicle was discontinued ...
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... tion that such a man was 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 ...
... tion that such a man was 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 ...
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... tion " has been thought to be sometimes violated in this work , for which no apo- logy is here intended , yet the world seems agreed to forgive this failing in conside- ration of the pleasure it has afforded ; that wonderful variety of ...
... tion " has been thought to be sometimes violated in this work , for which no apo- logy is here intended , yet the world seems agreed to forgive this failing in conside- ration of the pleasure it has afforded ; that wonderful variety of ...
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