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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... young children at Litchfield , and afterwards by one Brown . Latin he learned at Litch- field - school , under Mr. Hunter , a man of severe discipline , but an attentive teacher . Johnson owned that he needed correction , and that his ...
... young children at Litchfield , and afterwards by one Brown . Latin he learned at Litch- field - school , under Mr. Hunter , a man of severe discipline , but an attentive teacher . Johnson owned that he needed correction , and that his ...
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... young gentleman of the name of Corbet . His friend , Dr. Taylor , assured Mr. Boswell , that he never could have gone to college , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his school - fellows , spontaneously under- taken to support ...
... young gentleman of the name of Corbet . His friend , Dr. Taylor , assured Mr. Boswell , that he never could have gone to college , had not a gentleman of Shropshire , one of his school - fellows , spontaneously under- taken to support ...
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... young gentlemen were to be boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages . Gil- bert Walmsley , a man of learning and worth , whom he has celebrated by a cha- racter drawn with unparalleled elegance , endeavoured to promote this plan ...
... young gentlemen were to be boarded and taught the Latin and Greek languages . Gil- bert Walmsley , a man of learning and worth , whom he has celebrated by a cha- racter drawn with unparalleled elegance , endeavoured to promote this plan ...
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Samuel Johnson. beyond all precedent . The difference in the lot of these two young men might lead to many reflections on the taste of the age , and the value of its patron . age , but they are too obvious to be obtruded on any reader of ...
Samuel Johnson. beyond all precedent . The difference in the lot of these two young men might lead to many reflections on the taste of the age , and the value of its patron . age , but they are too obvious to be obtruded on any reader of ...
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... Young authors did not then present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his poem to Cave as the production of another , of one who was " under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune , " and ...
... Young authors did not then present themselves to the public without much cautious preparation.Johnson conveyed his poem to Cave as the production of another , of one who was " under very disadvantageous circumstances of fortune , " and ...
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