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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This highly distinguished writer was born on the 18th of September 1709 , at
Litchfield in Staffordshire , where his father Michael Johnson , a native of Derby .
shire , of obscure extraction , was at that time a bookseller and stationer . His
mother ...
This highly distinguished writer was born on the 18th of September 1709 , at
Litchfield in Staffordshire , where his father Michael Johnson , a native of Derby .
shire , of obscure extraction , was at that time a bookseller and stationer . His
mother ...
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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 . ... It was then in its
infancy , and there is a visible improvement from the time he began to write for it .
In his latter days he disapproved of this practice , and desisted from writing the
speeches as soon as he found they were thought genuine . ... It was then in its
infancy , and there is a visible improvement from the time he began to write for it .
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... or an Essay on an ancient prophetical Inscription , in monkish Rhyme , lately
discovered near Lynne in Norfolk , by Probus Britannicus . These pieces , it is
almost needless to add , were ironical , a mode of writing in which our author was
not ...
... or an Essay on an ancient prophetical Inscription , in monkish Rhyme , lately
discovered near Lynne in Norfolk , by Probus Britannicus . These pieces , it is
almost needless to add , were ironical , a mode of writing in which our author was
not ...
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It is perhaps too rash to con• clude that he declined writing in the Magazine
because he would not join in the support of government during the rebellion in
Scotland ; but there are abundant proofs in Mr . Boswell ' s Life , that his
sentiments ...
It is perhaps too rash to con• clude that he declined writing in the Magazine
because he would not join in the support of government during the rebellion in
Scotland ; but there are abundant proofs in Mr . Boswell ' s Life , that his
sentiments ...
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Dr . Douglas , the late bishop of Salisbury , was the first who rcfuted this un
principled impostor ; and Johnson , whom Lauder ' s ingenuity had in . duced to
write a preface and postscript to his work , now dictated a letter addressed to Dr ...
Dr . Douglas , the late bishop of Salisbury , was the first who rcfuted this un
principled impostor ; and Johnson , whom Lauder ' s ingenuity had in . duced to
write a preface and postscript to his work , now dictated a letter addressed to Dr ...
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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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