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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It was at Jordan ' s request that he translated Pope ' s Messiah into Latin verse ,
as a Christmas exercise . Pope is said to have expressed his bigh approbation of
it , but critics in that language , among whom Pope could never be ranked , have
...
It was at Jordan ' s request that he translated Pope ' s Messiah into Latin verse ,
as a Christmas exercise . Pope is said to have expressed his bigh approbation of
it , but critics in that language , among whom Pope could never be ranked , have
...
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Here , too , he abridged and translated Father Lobo ' s Voyage to Abyssinia ,
which was published in 1735 by Bettes ... In the translation there is little that
marks the hand of Joho . son , but in the preface and dedication are a few
passages in ...
Here , too , he abridged and translated Father Lobo ' s Voyage to Abyssinia ,
which was published in 1735 by Bettes ... In the translation there is little that
marks the hand of Joho . son , but in the preface and dedication are a few
passages in ...
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He renewed his application also to Cave , sending him a specimen of a
translation of the History of the Council of Trent , and desiring to know if Cave
would join in the publication of it . Cave appears to have consented , for twelve
sheets were ...
He renewed his application also to Cave , sending him a specimen of a
translation of the History of the Council of Trent , and desiring to know if Cave
would join in the publication of it . Cave appears to have consented , for twelve
sheets were ...
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Few works of the kind have been more generally or more extensively diffused by
means of translation . Yet the author , perhaps from the pain he felt in recol .
lesting the melancholy occasion which called forth his pen , appears to have ...
Few works of the kind have been more generally or more extensively diffused by
means of translation . Yet the author , perhaps from the pain he felt in recol .
lesting the melancholy occasion which called forth his pen , appears to have ...
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tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his faculties by Latin
translations from the Greek poets . Nothing was so much the subject of alarm with
him , as the decay of memory and judgment , of which , however , to the last he
never ...
tating information wherever it was wanted , and trying his faculties by Latin
translations from the Greek poets . Nothing was so much the subject of alarm with
him , as the decay of memory and judgment , of which , however , to the last he
never ...
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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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| Digitized | 16 Jun 2006 |
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