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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Of the poem in question , he thus speaks , in his preface : “ I have presented my
readers with a copy of verses on sir Isaac Newton , which I have just received
from a young gentleman , whom I am proud to reckon among the number of my ...
Of the poem in question , he thus speaks , in his preface : “ I have presented my
readers with a copy of verses on sir Isaac Newton , which I have just received
from a young gentleman , whom I am proud to reckon among the number of my ...
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... every virtue , public or private , so agreeably and forcibly inculcated , that they
may read it with delight and with instruction , though they have no relish for the
graces of the verse , the harmony of the numbers , or the charms of the invention .
... every virtue , public or private , so agreeably and forcibly inculcated , that they
may read it with delight and with instruction , though they have no relish for the
graces of the verse , the harmony of the numbers , or the charms of the invention .
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Besides this warm and rather extravagant encomium , Lyttelton addressed verses
to our author ` , in which he inveighs with much asperity against the degeneracy
of the times , but , not very consistently , compares England to Greece and ...
Besides this warm and rather extravagant encomium , Lyttelton addressed verses
to our author ` , in which he inveighs with much asperity against the degeneracy
of the times , but , not very consistently , compares England to Greece and ...
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He bas not availed himself , ” Dr . Warton observes , “ of the great privilege of
blank verse , to run his verses into one another with different pauses . ” He
thought that iambic feet only should be used in heroic verse , without admitting
any ...
He bas not availed himself , ” Dr . Warton observes , “ of the great privilege of
blank verse , to run his verses into one another with different pauses . ” He
thought that iambic feet only should be used in heroic verse , without admitting
any ...
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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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